Life is not painless, but I choose to make it be Not bound, for once I'm free Lost control, I sold my soul tonight For thy home's not owned by all but I I would die a thousand times to fly, far away from those who made me this way You've got death to pay, now pay up Tear off your disguise, oh sweet burden I've learned to sympathize with whom I despise I've learned to symbolize hate with burning ire Dance like marionettes Shift beneath these hands of mine Why? Turn your heads away, swallowed by your shame Who is left to blame, when I have set all ablaze I chose to lament day in, day out again and again and again and again Life is not painless, but I choose to make it be Not bound, for once I'm free Life is not painless, but I choose to make it be Not bound, for once I'm free Tear off your disguise, oh sweet burden I've learned to sympathize with whom I despise I've learned to symbolize hate with burning ire Dance like marionettes Shift beneath these hands of mine Why? Release me from this torment Life is not painless, but I choose to make it be Not bound, for once I'm free Life is not painless, but I choose to make it be Not bound, for once I'm free