this is what i am   this is what i've become   gritting my teeth   broken down and flooded   tired of waking up   with blood on my hands   lift my head to a red dawn   keeping my fear bottled up   beneath that ground where i stand   pulling myself above this sinking ship   staring at the stars   harboring my secret behind these lips   but i won't keep these eyes shut   i'm holding my ground   holding on to what i have left   everytime you throw yourself away   look at me now   tearing my lungs apart for my turn   burning bridges behind me   slashing my way through the underbrush   of this broken society   look at me now   broken glass under my feet   and a scarred skyline screaming at me   my torn skin etched with the stain of this bleeding earth   left to breathe the vapor of a poisoned air   look at me now