[Lyric] Retort (Ward Of Iron)

I want to know how you expect me to feel
Old wounds resurfaced, old doubts made real
I'm staring down the barrel of the next 30 years
Your finger's on the shame trigger, there's a ringing in my ears

Can I rise on this tide of spite? Can I regain control? How much hope will I allow?
Could I be stronger as I leave this wreckage behind? Will I be unscarred now?
Or will the rage and the malice I feel kill a part of me? Can I bury what I've come to believe?
If I reach, and I push, and I strive am I even capable of all that I hope to achieve?

Well I never wanted to feel this way again
Confronted by how far I fall short
I never wanted to feel this way again
Self worth answered with a crushing retort

Set up to fail, from the very start
So why are you surprised when I don't have the heart?
Set up to fail, from the very start
So why are you surprised when I don't have the heart
To carry on?