I don?t see why I don?t see what bothers me   And I don?t know why I don?t know what won?t let me go   I should have listened to myself when I had it down   This dose of my own medicine is too big to swallow now      This is the time when I find what?s inside of me   This is the time when I decide what I believe      If I wanna be real in this world   Then I have to realize   If I am gonna live by the sword   Then I'm gonna have to die by the sword      It?s easy to be calm when there?s no crashing tide   It?s easy to be quiet when it?s loud outside   It?s easy to be humble when you?re glorified   But now I?m out here on my own and screaming from inside      This is the time when I find what?s inside of me   This is the time when I decide what I believe      If I wanna be real in this world   Then I have to realize   If I am gonna live by the sword   Then I'm gonna have to die by the sword      But you stripped me down to basics   You left my heart exposed   There is no pride in times like this      No one said it was easy   And no one said it was fair   But no one is happy when it is      I need your loving arms to carry me   When I look in the mirror and I don?t like what I see   I know you know what I desire to do   So help me follow even when it?s not easy to      If I wanna be real in this world   Then I have to realize   If I am gonna live by the sword   Then I'm gonna have to die      If I wanna be real in this world   Then I have to realize   If I am gonna live by the sword   Then I'm gonna have to die      I'm gonna have to die   I'm gonna die by the sword