EMPTY
[VERSE 01]
I'm struck by the brutal emptiness of life the way I'm living
I hate that I've opened my eyes to this reality for a minute
And my heart burns with rage at the thought because I'm a proud idealist
Who's convinced himself that life is beautiful, even when it isn't
[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
[VERSE 02]
I'm petrified to learn that I still fear my dying light
Not the darkness itself, but the wax as it melts, beneath the flame of time
Who am I? I scream, to an audience of me, why am I aware of my mortality?
When did I realize, the cost of being alive is taking steps toward the day that I'll die?
[HOOK]
But Im not scared of laying my head in the grave to rest
I'm just scared of wasting my next breath
[CHORUS]
But I refuse to believe that we're meant to wallow in regret
And I-promise you I’ll lose if perfection's how we face its threat
Cause I fail to be who I swore I’d be, over and over again
So I beat my chest and cling to hope that meaning thrives outside myself
[HOOK]
Im not scared of laying my head in the grave to rest
I'm just scared of wasting my next breath
[BRIDGE]
My cold and bitter heart is
Desperate for purpose
Cause my depraved ambitions
Are getting heavy now
I’ve been promised redemption
And my tongue swears I believe it
And my soul hopes that I mean it
In this corpse of doubt and weakness
Tear out my callous apathy
Whose chalice I so freely drink
Lay waste to all my certainties
Remind me of my frailty
[VERSE 03]
My days are numbered
Don’t let me waste them
I’m an empty vessel
Fill me to the brim
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[HOOK}
Im not scared of laying my head in the grave to rest
I'm just scared of wasting my last breath