"Stay Alive" lyrics

It captured me so long ago
The hopelessness of home
The lies it told me left their mark on
Everything I own
It fills my cup with dirt
It laughs at every word
Making sure I do not hear the truth
The one memory that I can never lose

I am a hostage to my self
The tortures it invents
Walls so close I cannot move
Though I've paced ten thousand steps
Its floors are stained with ash
Its halls are hung in black
'Til lightning strikes the highest battlement
The one memory that I cannot forget

"I'll take hell
To make sure you stay alive
Just stay alive
Until I come"

No light comes
But sometimes I think I hear
A voice calling clear
And the water's roar
I'll stay down
And fight it for one more breath
Pray that's all that's left
Until you're here

"I'll take hell
To make sure you stay alive
Just stay alive
Until I come"