City of Eclipses - Wretched

Lyrics: I've been busy post traumatic stressing REGRESSION! Never learn a single motherfuckin lesson DEPRESSION! Obsessed with my own misdirection AGGRESSION! I see the pattern, know the symptoms Building cases 'gainst my own convictions Every trigger, disproportionate reaction Then I'm standing in the wreckage, seeking satisfaction I know the damage, know the cost, what I'm risking But my judgment's lost beneath the static hissing Every revelation turns to contradiction Addicted to the cycle while I scream I hate it! I KNOW THE END BEFORE IT STARTS! I KNOW THE WAY IT TEARS APART! SO WHY'S THE MOMENT ALWAYS STRONGER THAN THE THINGS I'VE LEARNED BY HEART?! [Chorus – Explosive melodic metalcore, soaring powerful clean vocals with emotional grit, layered screams, massive guitars] I'M AT WAR WITH MY OWN REFLECTION! KNOW THE WAY BUT LOSE DIRECTION! EVERY PROMISE GETS BURIED IN THE NOISE! I HEAR THE WARNING AND IGNORE THE VOICE! I KNOW THE DAMAGE! I KNOW THE PAIN! SO WHY DO I KEEP COMING BACK TO EVERYTHING I SWEAR I'LL CHANGE?! Same excuse, different day, another complication Self-awareness turns to self-inflicted aggravation Got the knowledge, got the tools, head full of instruction Still confuse reaction with a justified conclusion I can name the feelings, trace how they started Still caught in the moment till the damage departed Now I'm staring at the aftermath, dissecting every sentence Explaining choices made against my own intentions I CAN SEE THE MATCH! I CAN SMELL THE SMOKE! I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN I LET THE FIRE GROW! I'M AT WAR WITH MY OWN REFLECTION! KNOW THE WAY BUT LOSE DIRECTION! EVERY PROMISE GETS BURIED IN THE NOISE! I HEAR THE WARNING AND IGNORE THE VOICE! I KNOW THE DAMAGE! I KNOW THE PAIN! SO WHY DO I KEEP COMING BACK TO EVERYTHING I SWEAR I'LL CHANGE?! For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. I can explain it I can recognize it I can analyze it I can memorize it BUT WHAT THE FUCK DOES KNOWING MEAN WHEN I CAN'T APPLY IT?! I KNOW THE RIGHT! I KNOW THE WRONG! I SEE THE PATTERN! I PLAY ALONG! SAME FUCKING CYCLE! SAME FUCKING SHAME! I KNOW THE CONSEQUENCE! AND DO IT ALL AGAIN! I'M AT WAR WITH MY OWN REFLECTION! EVERY ANSWER BREEDS ANOTHER QUESTION! I KNOW THE DAMAGE! I KNOW THE PAIN! AND I CAN'T KEEP CALLING IT AN ACCIDENT WHEN I WATCH IT HAPPEN AGAIN! I HEAR THE WARNING! I KNOW THE COST! AND EVERY TIME I THINK I'VE FOUND MYSELF I WATCH ANOTHER PIECE GET LOST! The warning comes The moment breaks I know the road I know the stakes I swear that I won't fall again Then feel the fire beneath my skin I FUCKING KNOW BETTER!