Wounded and battered, defeated and tired
Ask and my captors would call me a liar
But they cannot see as they come to destroy me
That the phoenix rises on black wings of fire

and I
take midnight drives to nowhere
it's a half an hour drive
no particular destination
no gain or sacrifice
i will not do tomorrow what i didn't do today

it's about time

How to lay vengance upon your oppressors
By marking their doors with their own crimson letters
Only in light will the dark want forgiveness
Cos a phoenix rises on black wings of fire

how many losses and how many victims
must pass through the gates fore the soldiers stop marching
crippling the masses with their own codependence
feeding addictions like social afflictions
living and dying by the things that they're hiding
hoping for answers but you won't tell the truth
trained to be beasts that won't turn on their masters
the phoenix rises on black wings of fire