This I Earned

[Verse 1]

Fiction you made up to believe

Lives on a screen, but it's not reality

Actions that you didn’t take

Is why you're concerned with the ones that I make

Now you've noticed your day slipping fast

Was it well spent or were you stepping back?

You counted all my blessings as you went

Leaving your mark of discontent

[Chorus]

This I earned

I wasn’t born with it

I bled for this

Be bound to your word

When you live by it

You prove your worth

This I earned

It wasn't handed to me

I did what I had to

Be bound to your word

It's not what you deserve

You get what you earn

[Verse 2]

Don't indulge in delusions to satisfy

I don't escape today with dreams gone by

Perfection of the present doesn't exist

The future's at stake; it isn't granted

[Bridge]

For this, I bled

For this, I bled

My blood I shed for this

You want a future worth fighting for?

With skin in the game

Be bound to your word

Everything is at stake

My blood

My blood I shed for this

My blood

My blood I shed for this

[Verse 3]

You think this was handed to me?

Some offering taken at birth

I’ve withstood every hardship

To prove myself of worth

[Chorus]

This I earned

I wasn’t born with it

I bled for this

Be bound to your word

When you live by it

You prove your worth

This I earned

It wasn't handed to me

I did what I had to

Be bound to your word

It’s not what you deserve

You get what you earn

[Outro]

Earned in blood

A life that's well deserved

Take what's due

Once you prove your worth

Earn it