Damned

New life steps on this earth
Bound fast beneath the hurt
Chains of scorn and whispered lies
The young one learns to compromise
With time, he draws inside
A fractured soul he tries to hide
Stripped of all his dreams
The young man fights, or so it seems, he's known
Oh, he swears a silent oath
From this day, his will belongs to no one else but both

What I've felt, what I've known
Never shone through what I've shown
Never free, never seen
Lost in what might have been
What I've felt, what I've known
Never shone through what I've shown
Never whole, never me
So I call you, damned

They shape his every day
Mold him like clay
He bends to every voice
Becomes a bitter choice
His life, a constant fight
Shadows long into the night
A war he can't evade
A weary man, his hope betrayed

Now the elder stands alone
Facing fate's cold stone
Prepared to close the final door
That weary man is more than before

What I've felt, what I've known
Never shone through what I've shown
Never free, never seen
Lost in what might have been
What I've felt, what I've known
Never shone through what I've shown
Never whole, never me
So I call you, damned

What I've felt, what I've known
Never shone through what I've shown
Never free, never seen
Lost in what might have been
What I've felt, what I've known
Never shone through what I've shown
Never whole, never me
So I call you, damned

Oh-oh-oh
Never whole, never me
So I call you, damned
You marked me, I mark you
So I call you, damned
Never whole, never me
So I call you, damned
You marked me, I mark you
So I call you, damned
Never whole, never me
So I call you, damned