Beneath the surface

I built these walls with my own two hands... Didn't know I was locking in the quicksand... Every morning I put on the same old mask Tell the mirror "it's okay" 'til my throat gets rasped Walk the line, play the part Learn to smile when I'm falling apart You see a fortress, I see a cage Every victory's just another page In a book I never wanted to write Filled with battles I fight in the dead of night I've been digging for so long Trying to find where the good went wrong BENEATH THE SURFACE! There's a fire that they never see! BENEATH THE SURFACE! It's the only thing that's keeping me! I don't need your rescue, I don't need your light Just give me something real to fight! Beneath the surface... beneath the surface... I'm still alive! You want my secrets? Take a number I've been drowning in the thunder Every scar is just a lesson Every fall is a confession I bit the bullet, I kissed the floor I walked through the fire and I came back for more I've been crawling through the wreckage so long This broken ground is where I belong BENEATH THE SURFACE! There's a fire that they never see! BENEATH THE SURFACE! It's the only thing that's keeping me! I don't need your rescue, I don't need your light Just give me something real to fight! Beneath the surface... beneath the surface... I'm still alive! They wanted me to break... so I bent. They wanted me to fade... so I went Deeper than the pain, deeper than the shame NOW THE PRESSURE'S GOT A DIFFERENT NAME! BENEATH THE SURFACE! (HEY!) There's a fire that they never see! BENEATH THE SURFACE! (HEY!) It's the only thing that's keeping me! I don't need your rescue, I don't need your light JUST GIVE ME SOMETHING REAL TO FIGHT! Beneath the surface! Beneath the surface! (HEY!) I'M STILL ALIVE! You never saw me coming... but here I am.