Fear is a machete And it cuts me deep Spilling rivers of blood Where light used to be Carving each letter Of its name into my skin Now I kneel on the floor Of a temple for the wounded Warm blade Soft flesh Knives out Praying for forgiveness Warm blade Soft flesh Knives out There's a devil in the fortress You gotta steel yourself Oh you gotta steel yourself Seven years swimming In the belly of the beast Kept a smile on my face While I grit my teeth With my eye on the sky I was waiting for the sun Now I rise from the night Cause my day has come Warm blade Soft flesh Knives out It's all just a big test Warm blade Soft flesh Knives out So I can be the greatest Oh you gotta steel yourself You gotta steel yourself Oh you gotta steel yourself You gotta steel yourself