Sacrifice

[Verse 1]
What do you sacrifice, tell me, do you know?
Peace, warmth, love you used to show?
Me, I gave up on the dream of being free,
Closed my heart to the light, silently.

I speak to shadows in the dead of the night,
Each day I wake to the same silent fight.
An old script I wrote when I was young,
Now ends with no glory, no anthem sung.

[Chorus]
I sacrifice all that I own,
No anthem, no peace, just the unknown.
I’m burning in flames I chose to ignite,
For tomorrows I’ll never see in the light.
You ask what I’ve given away —
I gave myself, I couldn’t stay.
I sold my soul to try and create
A world I won’t ever taste.

[Verse 2]
I’m haunted by choices I made alone,
By anger, pride, and the weight I’ve grown.
By the way I refused to bend or run,
By the war I waged I never won.

I aimed to be a shield, a name to admire,
Blind to the fall, deaf to the fire.
And when I finally lowered my gaze,
I was lost in a desert of endless haze.

[Chorus]
I sacrifice all that I own,
No anthem, no peace, just the unknown.
I’m burning in flames I chose to ignite,
For tomorrows I’ll never see in the light.
You ask what I’ve given away —
I gave myself, I couldn’t stay.
I sold my soul to try and create
A world I won’t ever taste.

[Verse 3]
I march with the weapons of those I despised,
Betrayed who I was, in the name of the prize.
My conscience sleeps beneath ashes and dust,
And I live for a future built on rust.

No mirror for pride, no cheering crowd,
No flags to wave, no voices loud.
Not even a spark of gratitude remains —
Only silence, and what I leave in chains.

[Final Chorus]
I sacrifice all that I own,
No anthem, no peace, just the unknown.
I’m burning in flames I chose to ignite,
For tomorrows I’ll never see in the light.
You ask what I’ve given away —
I gave myself, I couldn’t stay.
I sold my soul to try and create
A world I won’t ever taste.

[Outro]
And if that’s the price I have to pay…
Then I sacrifice… all I had today.