{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Audius","provider_url":"https://audius.co","title":"UNBECOME by SteveStrange • Audius","description":"The path to seek redemption is a road less traveled.\n\nUnbecome\n\nI built my throne on the bones of who I was\nTold myself the crown was worth the blood\n\nEvery scar I carved in someone else's name\nLeft a matching wound I learned to hide in shame\nMirror shows a stranger wearing all my sins\nArmor made of choices I can't take back again\nI became the darkness so the dark would let me be\nNow I'm just a prisoner of the monster that I feed\n\nBut somewhere underneath the wreckage and the rust\nLives the boy who once believed in something more than us\nHe's calling from the grave I dug with my own hands\nBegging me to drop the mask and finally take a stand\n\nI don't want to be the villain anymore\nDon't want to be the reason that you lock your doors\nEvery broken body, every bitter war\nI'm tired of the weight of what I'm living for\nLet me unbecome what I've become\nLet me find redemption in the damage done\nI don't want to be the darkness anymore\nI want to be the light I was before\n\nThey told me power was the only currency\nSo I sold my compassion for immunity\nBuilt an empire on the ashes of my grace\nNow I see the devil and he's wearing my own face\nEvery victim's eyes still haunting every dream\nI'm drowning in the silence of their silent screams\n\nThe throne is cold, the crown has lost its shine\nVictory tastes like poison, glory is not mine\nI've conquered every kingdom, still I feel so small\nWhat's the point of winning when you've lost yourself to all?\n\nI don't want to be the villain anymore\nDon't want to be the shadow that you run from and ignore\nEvery broken promise, every closing door\nI'm sick of being everything that I abhor\nLet me unbecome what I've become\nLet me bleed the venom out until it's done\nI don't want to be the weapon anymore\nI want to be the healer, not the war\n\nCan a monster learn to be a man again?\nCan the fire that destroyed become the warmth within?\nI've been the nightmare for so long\nI forgot that I was human all along\nThey say redemption isn't meant for ones like me\nBut I'd rather die while climbing than keep living on my knees\n\nI refuse to be the villain anymore\nI'm walking through the fire toward an open door\nEvery chain is breaking, every wall will fall\nI'm answering the voice that never stopped its call\nLet me unbecome… and then become\nSomething worthy of the light I'm running from\nI'll spend my remaining days repaying every score\nNot the villain anymore\n\nThe boy beneath the monster…\nfinally comes home.\nMaybe broken things…\ncan learn to be made whole.","html":"","width":500,"height":480,"thumbnail_url":"https://val003.open-audio-validator.com/content/01KDM9AS493ANW12VP3RKT8395/480x480.jpg","thumbnail_width":480,"thumbnail_height":480,"author_name":"SteveStrange","author_url":"https://audius.co/SteveStrange","cache_age":3600}