Charcoal
Follow My Lead Lyrics

They took you down, down the road of inferno
They led you down a path of destruction and chaos

Couldn't care less for the heat of the flames
They didn't care about the consequences of their actions

I tried to wash it, tried to clean it, tried to heal it
I attempted to fix the damage done

I couldn't wash it, couldn't clean it, couldn't heal it
But I was unable to fix it

Their sharpened teeth they found more than one target
They hurt multiple people with their actions

Took a chunk out of you, took a chunk out of me
They caused harm to both you and me

A walk in hell is so hard to come back from
The pain and trauma is difficult to overcome

I lit the path every way that I could
I tried to guide and support you through the hardships

This walk in hell it's so hard to come back from
The journey through pain and trauma is challenging to recover from

I swear I'll reach you, grab your soul from the mud
I promise to find you and help you rise above the struggles

I just wanna fly away
I wish to escape from the pain and suffering

Oh god just take me away
I cry out for divine intervention

Now plunge your fist in my chest and pull out my live heart
Take my heart so you no longer feel alone in your pain

So that yours won't feel lonely while it's falling apart
So you have support in times of turmoil

Apart
Separated and alone

I know that I don't understand It
I realize that I cannot comprehend the depth of the pain

But it's there
The pain is real and present

And it haunts your every thought
The trauma traumatizes and consumes your mind

What good is time when you're gasping for air now
Time offers no solace in the midst of agony

I see your world going crack, crack, crack
I observe your life falling apart

I'm all out of answers, bled to the bone
I have no solution and feel exhausted from trying to help

This body's hard to hold with the weight of the past I've got nothing to bask in
The pain weighs heavily and provides no relief or solace

But a pain I call my own
But I have grown accustomed to the pain and it has become a part of me

When the house came down it must have broken your back
When everything fell apart, it shattered you

You started running from the wreckage Never turning your back
You tried to escape the pain and never looked back

I tried to catch you, tried to stop you, tried to hold you
I attempted to support you through your struggles and prevent you from fleeing

Could never catch you, couldn't stop you, but I held you
But I was unable to prevent you from leaving, yet I still care for you

Making love to a gun
Engaging in self-destructive behavior

Making eyes at the end
Contemplating suicide

Getting clearer that you'd break before you'd bend
It is becoming more evident that the pain is consuming and breaking you

I can't take hold
I am unable to regain control

They won't let go
The pain and trauma grip tightly and refuse to release

I've lost control
I no longer have power over the situation

Just please let me go
I plea for freedom from the pain and suffering

Why the fuck can't I understand this?!
I am frustrated that I cannot comprehend the situation

There's never an answer I'm still here alone
There is no solution and I remain isolated and alone

My body starts to fold under the weight of my past
The pain and trauma become unbearable and take a physical toll on me

I've got something to bask in, this pain I call my own
But despite the pain, it has become a part of me and provides some comfort

Writing little tiny notes for nobody to read
Jotting down thoughts and feelings for personal release

Of all the times you've been left broken and bleeding
Remembering the times you were hurt and abandoned

I'm telling you now for once and for all, I could lead you away if you'd follow my calls
I offer to guide and support you if you allow me to help

But it's so damn hard for you the hear anything
The trauma makes it difficult to accept help and support

6 foot thick, the divide between you and me
The trauma creates an insurmountable distance between us

I know they burn, the fires that caught you
The pain and trauma you experienced is excruciating

Searing second after second every moment they taunt you
The pain is constant and impossible to escape

Gnawed off your leg just to fit through the gaps
You had to make painful sacrifices to survive the hardship

Yeah, you got out but that leg ain't never coming back no
You overcame the hardship, but there are permanent scars and consequences

Tell me a story, that this is just a fucking dream
I wish that the pain and trauma were not real, but rather a nightmare

The ones I love lying scorching in Kerosene
Those dear to me are burned and hurt

Put em out, put em out, if it breaks my back
I will put out the hurt no matter the cost to myself

Crack crack crack
The pain and trauma persist, causing further damage

I won't give up, I won't give in, I won't let you, let you take it
I refuse to surrender to the pain and will protect you from it