Vertrag

He sat alone, his mind racing
He tried to keep his thoughts away from his life
If he'd have known of the cost of living
He would have gladly traded steps for a knife
He was the fallen, he was the beaten
He'd given everything for no happy end
He prayed for death when I found him alone
And he cried for a way, "God, bring me my escape"
Instead, a shadow laughed, and hissed his name
"I'm not your savior, but I feel your pain"

"Sign your name, and I'll take it away" (One of us)
Sign your name, and I swear they'll pay" (One of us)

She held her own when there were others
But when they left, she was a target again
Her eyes were swollen, her breaths were shallow
And still, she sat and wiped the blood from her skin
She was tethered, and she was shackled
She knew the cage she chose was not to be bent
So with a sigh, and a shudder, she cried to the sky
But a shadow called back in the end

"Sign your name, and I'll take it away" (One of us)
Sign your name, and I swear they'll pay" (One of us)

I am your anger, my name is chaos
I am the thoughts you never want to escape
I hear your falling, I see your struggle
I am the silent growl that knows your name
I am the darkened, I am the proud
I am everything you wish you could be
I take the broken and repay what is owed
I am all that you feel, the shaking cringe in your bones

Sign your name, and I'll take it away (One of us)
Sign your name, and I swear they'll pay (One of us)