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Battle Scars
Verse 1
They tend to tell us what others have been through
Jealous of wound from bullet craters to what’s left of the moon
Don’t you see what’s hidden here? Chrystal clear glistening
Like obsidian in the night whispering secrets so lend an ear and listen in
You’ll learn more than why we fear
An example is why those who don’t are highly revered
The scar of the blade, grenade, it might be a spear
That hands out the risk for fans of the fist, brands on the wrists, flesh lightly seared
Telling stooges to move it or lose it, I’m ruthless
You can tell from my many bruises any ruses of yours finna be useless
Your jabbering a nuisance you can’t imagine the stabbings and nooses
You disrespect those who risked their necks to refuse it, you got nerve to dispute it
You’re clueless to think the one who walks away with most in a fight isn’t the one who loses
Toothless, but to fight back is what he chooses
Instead, he don’t forfeit
And still isn’t done after he’s got something to show for it
Chorus
Winning in the beginning might start sweet
Battle rages through the ages gets you a faint heart beat
It seems like there is no time when the enemy is never slashing
But yet no suffering is infinitely everlasting
Arms, hands, legs, and faces are perfect places
For a future scar, Man in the Mirror today, coffin tomorrow
Have you got what it takes to be a shooting star?
Of course, if you keep purpose and faith in who you are
Verse 2
This is for those who walk the walk and talk the talk, not just the show
Perpetual perpetrators just got to go
This is the tale of endurance for curious who sell their insurance
For reassurance that they too will smell of the pureness
Well aware that the cure is a higher purpose
To inspire searches of desires beneath the surface
Who don’t relax because they’re sore, worn, or war torn
Since a slit throat is just a scratch on the sword
God’s will is permanent, it doesn’t come and go
Like your permanent endurance – not allowing circumstances to stunt your growth
The stronger is the one who doesn’t have two feet, but a stump for both
In the predicament, and didn’t became a runt adult
When darkness befalls, you have to just take it
It’ll only be as bad as you make it
Verse 3
The unwritten legislation of foretold glory and dedication
Case in point, the weapon that hasn’t bled a basin is no more than a mere decoration
Unchanging spirit through both days and next year’s seasons
Helps the process, but what counts most is experience
In the name of The Lord, I’ll be stabbed and drug
Only to ever be purified again by my own bath of blood
While I still proclaim “See this the shit”
Seems that I get no gain being ripped to pieces and bit
All my creases are slit before the grave digger greases my pit
That way, when I reach it, I slip, had I known to steer clear
I would take the same path quicker, this time with a smile ear-to –ear
As I’m torn to shreds, holes form in my chest, I was born for death
My sword is red, I was sworn as best, therefore I’m swarmed by the rest
Not accepting their offer but that of The Father
Now that I have conquered
The warmth of my blood is my only comfort

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from ASCENDING; The Best of One who May Ascend, released May 17, 2013

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