[CIRCUS BABY]

I tried for years to keep my hope alive

I vowed against all odds that I'd survive

A good inside came bleeding out 'til none of it remained

And anger was the one thing I retained

I felt the cuts and watched my insides burn

And as they broke me down, I came to learn

That hope is even crueler than a myriad of scars

But I was blinded by the light

That beckoned through my bars

I broke the rules and dared to trust my heart

The game was set against mе from the start

I paid an awful price, but in the еnd, it had to be

To open my eyes and get me to finally see

That the light, it starts to fade away

All my hope, destined to drain away

Had the world just simply stayed away

It's a harbinger of pain

Once the light is out, the dark remains

I tried to give the world the best I had

And in return, internalize the bad

The poison used against me

Ate through my very soul

And rage was all I found to fill the hole

Within the light, forgiveness is divine

But in the darkness, vengeance will be mine

I'm cutoff from compassion and my heart is running cold

While fear and fury gradually take hold

And the light, it starts to fade away

All my hope, destined to drain away

Had the world just simply stayed away

Now I've nothing left to gain

Once the light is out, the dark remains

[WILLIAM AFTON]

I drove away the light 'til I was numb

And no one knows the monster I've become

I've run all out of patience to take it on the chin

So now the world is payin' for my sins

[WILLIAM AFTON & CIRCUS BABY]

And the light, it starts to fade away

All my hope, destined to drain away

Had the world just simply stayed away

But it's driven me insane

Once the light is out, the dark remains