The Zero in My Heart
One careless word and the clock resets to the start, again. He's the part of me that replays every mistake on a loop, trying to get it right the next time.
The world goes sideways, cold and fast
A future that was never meant to last
A single, stupid, careless word
The most important thing you've never heard
A flash of steel, a whispered threat
A growing, cold, and final debt
And just before the credits roll
You feel the story take its toll
And the clock resets, a screaming sound
Back to the start on shaken ground
The pieces are all back in place
A look of horror on your face
And oh, I'm dying all over again
To find the one path where my friends can win
Just a broken boy with a bloody restart
And a brand new "one" to tear my soul apart
I'll wear the mask and play the fool's own part
To hide the growing zero in my heart
You know the words before they're said
You know the thoughts inside their head
You know the corner where the killer waits
You know a hundred different, awful fates
And every smile is just a lie
A ghost of someone who's about to die
You scream a warning, but they never hear
Just the echo of your own damn fear
And the clock resets, a grinding sound
Another failure has been found
You're back at the beginning of the end
A broken record you can't transcend
And oh, I'm dying all over again
To find the one path where my friends can win
Just a broken boy with a bloody restart
And a brand new "one" to tear my soul apart
I'll wear the mask and play the fool's own part
To hide the growing zero in my heart
And what if this time is the one?
The last good choice has come and gone?
What if the only way to save the day
Is to just lie down and let them fade away?
To finally choose a quiet place
And let the darkness win the race
But no! I'm dying all over again!
To find the one path where my friends can win!
Just a broken boy with a bloody restart!
And a brand new "one" to tear my soul apart!
I'll wear the mask and play the hero's part!
And turn the fucking zero in my heart... into a brand new start!
A brand new start
From a world apart
Just one more time
I'll make you mine
The future's mine