[verse]
Weary I watched the cracks
Spiral and form
Split by the weaknesses
Fading and worn
How could I look away
Even in faith
Spun towards insanity
Watching it break
How did I lose it all
Building so strong
Rigged as a symphony
Wistful in song
Culled from a golden grave
Scattered and tarnished and wronged
[chorus]
But I am no coward
My actions have shown
I'm struggling broken
Like crumbling stone
And every past burden
I shoulder alone
By grace
By grace
Forged strong in the fire
I stood through the pain
Through centuries grieving
The scars still remain
My dreams lay here shattered
Come death as it may
By grace
By grace
[verse]
You think you were the first
To see the cracks?
But I felt each in my heart
As it turned black
Feeling it ripped apart
What have I done
Caged by the rules I made
Leaving with none
Here at the precipice
Ending the age
Framed by a golden mind
Paired and uncaged
Even my clearest hours
War with his plight
In my own aftermath
Stripped of my right
[chorus]
But I am no coward
My actions have shown
I'm struggling broken
Like crumbling stone
And every past burden
I shoulder alone
By grace
By grace
Forged strong in the fire
I stood through the pain
Through centuries grieving
The scars still remain
My dreams lay here shattered
Come death as it may
By grace
By grace
[bridge]
To gods those that hear me
The monsters up high
I stake my rejection
And bide my aid's time
Oh, can you forgive me
For what I have become
The mother of curses
My children of one
But I have no power
My lineage burned
A crucified image
While every soul yearns
To those I rejected
I pray you'll return
By Grace
By Grace
[chorus]
But I am no coward
My actions have shown
I'm struggling broken
Like crumbling stone
And every past burden
I shoulder alone
By grace
By grace
Forged strong in the fire
I stood through the pain
Through centuries grieving
The scars still remain
My dreams lay here shattered
Come death as it may
By grace
By grace