I start to hold my breath Because I believe I need a fix more than air It's like a new hierarchy Built on self destruction and despair Forgoing basic needs to suffer from disease But to no end this leads, the cycle repeats Yeah, the cycle repeats Even though I know it destroys me We are self poisoning While believing that it will set us free Blood fills my lungs 'til I choke and scream The reckoning Blood fills my lungs, it's what reminds me Reminds me to breathe Welcome the reckoning ♪ The pain that prompts me to do something That my instinct should already be doing on its own Yeah, the cycle repeats Even though I know it destroys me Why are we are self poisoning While believing that it will set us free? Blood fills my lungs 'til I choke and scream The reckoning Blood fills my lungs, it's what reminds me Reminds me to breathe A better life of redemption Is only a simple breath away But I keep suffocating From insisting that I already know everything But there will be a reckoning Brought to the surface to set us free What we hide will see the light No matter how hard we try to hold it inside But there will be a reckoning Blood fills my lungs 'til I choke and scream The reckoning Blood fills my lungs, it's what reminds me Reminds me to breathe Reckoning The reckoning