The world is trying you Hoping you'd give in It corners you and chains you but your strength comes from within On all cylinders you fire, because the universe won't wait Rise above the trials - bound to seal your fate Rise when something in you dies That you can't deny Can't hold on to it Rise when something in you dies You are forsaken Both ends burning You will never be the same With the suffering you claim Embrace the fact there's no looking back Because you're against the grain You are the stain so hard to see And they will never leave you be Start burning away they will follow eventually They will admit defeat Rise when something in you dies That you can't deny Can't hold on to it Rise when something in you dies You are forsaken Both ends burning Watch your old self die From the embers of your past The debris of your mistakes Surely burning fast So ignite a thousand torches Reinforced to signal my change And so the fight goes on With a dose of positive rage And I know many before me Have fallen hard on deaf ears Let me prove that the flames Taste sweeter than the tears You shed for years and years From the ashes we shall rise In the name of self preservance I'm one with the flames Burning at both ends It won't be the same In the name of self preservance My strength I reclaim