you try to hold me down
you try to hold me back
you try to tempt me down the wide path

you try to hold me down
you try to hold me back
you try to stir doubt in my heart

but i'm breaking out
and i'm breaking free
from the chains that once imprisoned me

but i'm breaking out
and i'm breaking free
no power of death over me

for years - i feared, death and my destiny
black cloud - of guilt, looming over me
locked down - hell bound, from my birth

you fed - my head, with thoughts of no escape
i'm breaking out
the devil - he tempts me

the world - beckons me
the flesh - condemns me
they want to take me out

you try to hold us down
you try to hold us back
you try to tempt us down the wide path

you try to hold us down
you try to hold us back
you try to stir doubt in our heart

but we're breaking out
and we're breaking free
from the chains that once imprisoned us

but we're breaking out
and we're breaking free
no power of death over us