Songtext von Legacy of the Abyss

I inherited from my father silence and weariness His calloused hand The gaze of one who has no room left I inherited poverty Which no one chooses to have And the anger that builds up With nowhere to go My grandfather dug the abyss My father was medicated in it And I was born at the bottom Trying to understand what this is Sartre said that I make myself But where do I begin If the inheritance they gave me Has already bound me since the cradle? Legacy of the abyss What they gave me to carry Legacy of the abyss The pain I didn't choose to inherit Dug and medicated That is my last name Legacy of the abyss But I'm going to break the cycle I don't want to pass on to my child What was passed on to me The misery The silence The wounds that won't heal I want to break the chain That binds my lineage I want the abyss to stop In my wake Existence precedes essence So I reinvent myself I'm not just what I inherited I am what I build now Condemned to be free But freedom is my weapon I'll carve out a new path Even if it's with my fingernails Legacy of the abyss What they gave me to carry Legacy of the abyss The pain I didn't choose to inherit I inherited the pain But I won't pass it on I inherited the abyss But I'll be the bridge I inherited the silence But I'll shout for everyone The cycle breaks within me I am the end of the chain I am not just a legacy I am not just the past I am not just the abyss I am the one who chooses what comes next Broken and healed But still standing I am what I choose to be