The Shield

[00:11.92] Hands wrapped around
[00:14.34] My blade gilded by shame
[00:19.49] It cuts me too but still I swing
[00:22.95] It's not the right device
[00:24.73] This won't suffice I have to sacrifice
[00:28.93] Cutting with the pain I wield
[00:31.48] It's not enough pick up the shield
[00:35.55] I saved myself but not the ones I love
[00:42.65] Who's protecting them from me
[00:48.37] It has to end
[00:51.12] I have to bend
[00:53.31] To break for their sakes
[00:56.81] Drowning in the guilt I feel
[00:59.64] Cutting with the pain I wield
[01:02.46] Never strong enough to heal
[01:05.02] Searching through myself for something real
[01:09.62] Will you complete me
[01:12.33] Why can't you see me
[01:15.11] Its more than I'm needing
[01:30.37] I've seen the same things
[01:34.22] In the brother I never held
[01:35.93] Father I never felt
[01:37.73] In myself
[01:54.48] Strength enough to pull
[01:58.55] Blood from stone but not blood from ashes
[02:05.89] Your second death happens when these marks fade
[02:08.84] Though I'm not strong enough to heal
[02:11.59] I'm strong enough to hold the shield
[02:17.37] Drowning in the guilt I feel
[02:20.18] Cutting with the pain I wield
[02:23.08] Never strong enough to heal
[02:25.40] Searching through myself for something real
[02:30.13] Will you complete me
[02:32.88] Why can't you see me
[02:35.56] Its more than I'm needing
[02:39.56] I was born for something
[02:41.62] I can feel it in my bones
[02:45.24] What is this that's coursing through me
[02:48.42] I can't bring it home
[02:51.17] Cutting with the pain I wield
[02:54.01] Strong enough to hold the shield
[02:56.55] Even though my fate is sealed
[02:59.38] All of this to test my steel
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