„…Cause I always come back, deep down you know that

Deep down you know I'm always in periphery“

„…You’re the sheep, I'm the shepherd, not your place to lead me

Not your place to be biting off the hand that feeds me“

„…And I've been making some progress lately, and I've learnt some new coping skills

So I haven't really needed you much, man, I think we need to just step back and chill“

„…you sound more insane than I do

You think that those doctors are really there to guide you?

Been through this a million times, your civilian mind is so perfect at always being lied to

Okay, take another pill, boy, drown yourself in the sound of white noise

Follow this ten-step program, rejoice!

All your problems will be gone! Fucking dumb boy“

„…like I actually might do something great

And when I'm gone, maybe I'll be remembered, for doing something special with myself

That's why I don't think that we should talk, man, 'cause when you're with me, it never seems to help“

„You think that you can amputate me?

I am you, you are me, you are I, I am we

We are one, split in two, that makes one, so you see:

You got to kill you if you wanna kill me

I'm not leftover dinner, I’m not scraps on the side“

„…And the people who find it respect it

And for me, that's enough, cause this life's been tough so it gives me a purpose I can rest in“

„You should be so lucky, having me inside you to guide you

Remind you

To manage expectations, provide you

Perspective, that thing you neglected, I get it“

„Man, it's not like that“

„Man, it's just like that, I'm inside you, you twat!“

„No, it's not, man you're wrong…“

„Fuck you! I don't need you, I don't need to hear this

'Cause I'm fine by myself, I'm a genius!

And I will be great, and I will make waves

And I'll shake up the whole world beneath us“

„That's right, speak your truth!

Your fucking god complex leaks out of you

It's refreshing to actually hear you say it instead of downplay it…“

„Fuck you! I'ma fucking kill you, Ren-„

„Well, fucking kill me, then! Let's fucking have you, Ren“

„Cause I call the shots, I choose if you die

Yeah, I call the shots and so I choose who survives

I'll tie you up in knots when I lock you inside“

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„My name, it is stitched to your lips, so you see

I won't bow to the will of a mortal, feeble, and normal

You wanna kill me? I'm eternal, immortal

I live in every decision that catalysed chaos, that causes division

I live inside death, the beginning of ends

I am you, you are me, I am you“

„I’ve been taking some time to be distant, I’ve been taking some time to be still

I’ve been taking some time to be by myself and I've spent half my life ill;

I was made to be tested and twisted, I was made to be broken and beat

I was made by His hand, it's all part of His plan that I stand on my own two feet

And you know me, my will is eternal, and you know me, you've met me before

Face to face with a beast, I will rise from the east, and I'll settle on the ocean floor

And I go by many names also, some people know me as hope

Some people know me as the voice that you hear when you loosen the noose on the rope

And you know how I know that I'll prosper? 'Cause I stand here beside you today

I have stood in the flames that cremated my brain and I didn't once flinch or shake“

„So cower at the man I've become when I sing from the top of my lungs

That I won't retire, I'll stand in your fire, inspire the meek to be strong

And when I am gone, I will rise in the music that I left behind

Ferocious, persistent, immortal like you, we’re a coin with two different sides“

„As I got older, I realized there were no real winners and there were no real losers in psychological warfare

But there were victims and there were students

It wasn’t David versus Goliath, it was a pendulum

Eternally swaying from the dark to the light

And the more intensely that the light shone, the darker the shadow it casts

It was never really a battle for me to win, it was an eternal dance

And like a dance, the more rigid I became, the harder it got

The more I cursed my clumsy footsteps, the more I struggled

So I got older

And I learned to relax, and I learned to soften, and that dance got easier

It is this eternal dance that separates human beings from angels, from demons, from gods