"Phantom Pain" lyrics

There are so many things that have yet to kill me, but not you, because you cannot kill what you don't understand
I am more than the ghost you left me
You don't know me, and you never will
All these years and I'm doing just fine
You don't know me, and you never will

And if you're even listening, and you thought you'd figured that you did all you can, yeah I fucking know it
This reflection hurts, and I've got the scars to show it
So take a good fucking look at me. I have compiled bone from the rubble you left me
So play it again and again until you're clear
You're not a man, you're a fucking disgrace
No tears for when you die
You're a failure

There are so many things that have yet to kill me, but not you, because you cannot kill what you don't understand
I am more than the ghost you left me
You don't know me, and you never will
All these years and I'm doing just fine
You don't know me, and you never will

You're less than nothing

When I think about the child that I might have, how I could make real all the things that I am, not for one second could I see myself leaving
This is the only responsibility I could ever have
If I gave breath to another person, I couldn't bear the thought of not guiding their hand through this life
For I know the feeling of absence, it weighs on my soul, it constricts me of air

If I held my child in my arms, I would never, ever let go

There are so many things that have yet to kill me, but not you, because you cannot kill what you don't understand
I am more than the ghost you left me
You don't know me, and you never will
All these years and I'm doing just fine
You don't know me, and you never will