Unbreakable

They tried to tarnish all my nerve
And prophesied my bitter end
They hurled their venom like a verdict
Then waited for my spine to bend

I watched my brightest prospects founder
Saw every certainty grow pale
I've borne the attrition of disaster
Yet never let my mettle fail

I bear the vestiges of battle
Each cicatrix records the fray
What came ordained to leave me shattered
Tempered my sinews day by day

Against the gale I hold my course
No genuflection, no retreat
The more they hunger for my downfall
The more obdurate my heartbeat

Hurl all your thunder at my ramparts
Unleash the havoc, loose the squall
I rise more adamant from battle
Unbreakable, I will not fall!

I've been the outcast at the banquet
The vacant place beyond the gate
I've borne the obloquy of strangers
The bitter vicissitudes of fate

I lost what once seemed indispensable
And faced the aftermath alone
Among the wreckage of misfortune
I found a strength I'd never known

I am no ledger of bereavement
No testament to squandered years
I'm what survived the conflagration
The living proof of conquered fears

Against the gale I hold my course
No genuflection, no retreat
The more they hunger for my downfall
The more obdurate my heartbeat

Hurl all your thunder at my ramparts
Unleash the havoc, loose the squall
I rise more adamant from battle
Unbreakable, I will not fall!

When every road becomes perdition
I'll hew a passage through the stone
I've met calamity at close range
And learned to bear its weight alone

Bring tribulation
Bring the squall
Bring every augury
Of my fall

Against the gale I hold my course!
Let every adversary come!
No malediction claims my spirit
No tyrant ever strikes me dumb!

Hurl all your thunder at my ramparts
Let every baleful omen call
I rise more adamant from battle
Unbreakable, I will not fall!

Unbreakable!
Indomitable!
Unconquered!
Standing tall!