Deadlocked

There's no turning back

Everything has built up all around me

My problems, my addictions, complications rule all my decisions

It's a slippery slope leading to my end

Show me the way out

Get my grip again



These afflictions wage a war inside me

Can I find direction? No



In such pain, we are desperate for solutions

Where is the door that leads to redemption?

Everything is dark

Will I ever find my way out?



These afflictions wage a war inside me

Can I be forgiven?



You take what others have worked for

You're all that I'm not

You are the burden of many

We're deadlocked

This is for all those who struggle

For all those who can't

Don't let your troubles define you

Be the better man



I'm held down by the weight of my selfish mistakes

Buried under miles of guilt (miles of guilt)

You are the parasite, and now you've sunk your teeth

You are abomination



I have watched myself change from the inside out

Becoming what I swore I'd never be (swore I'd never be)

There's got to be more to this

There's got to be more to this



You take what others have worked for

You're all that I'm not

You are the burden of many

We're deadlocked

This is for all those who struggle

For all those who can't

Don't let your troubles define you

Be the better man



Be the better man

Where do we go from here?

Down this lonely road

I've never felt so scared, out here on my own



There's no turning back

I have left my old self behind

The damned are upon me but I won't be the victim

God, will you wash the blood from these hands

I'll change my ways, I'll be the better man