Why am I left walking in your shadow?
Haunted by your actions, they call me by your name
How am I supposed to feel?
How am I supposed to live?
Fuck you
Why are you so afraid to live up to your father's legacy?
He left you nothing but broken bones and burnt out bridges
Nothing to inherit but a shadow that looms over your name
You left a rotten legacy
One I refuse to live up to
I want to choose my own path, but I live my life on my own terms
Left in search from my own misery
I'm still blind and I'm dying
Walking toward what little light I still manage to see
You were the judge, jury and executioner
Now I am left to hang
With your mistakes by my side
And look of betrayal
In my eye
You sit upon your coward's throne
Polishing your broken crown
You hold it close to your chest
In place of your heart
The judgement you have cast has come to collect
It's left me hanging by my neck
You were the judge, jury and executioner
Now I am left to hang
With your mistakes by my side
And look of betrayal
In my eye
Was it enough to control my life, before my life began?
What is enough to control my life?
Before my life even fucking began?
credits
from Coward's Reign,
released September 16, 2013
Lyrics by Chris Stewart
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