New life steps on this earth Bound fast beneath the hurt Chains of scorn and whispered lies The young one learns to compromise With time, he draws inside A fractured soul he tries to hide Stripped of all his dreams The young man fights, or so it seems, he's known Oh, he swears a silent oath From this day, his will belongs to no one else but both What I've felt, what I've known Never shone through what I've shown Never free, never seen Lost in what might have been What I've felt, what I've known Never shone through what I've shown Never whole, never me So I call you, damned They shape his every day Mold him like clay He bends to every voice Becomes a bitter choice His life, a constant fight Shadows long into the night A war he can't evade A weary man, his hope betrayed Now the elder stands alone Facing fate's cold stone Prepared to close the final door That weary man is more than before What I've felt, what I've known Never shone through what I've shown Never free, never seen Lost in what might have been What I've felt, what I've known Never shone through what I've shown Never whole, never me So I call you, damned What I've felt, what I've known Never shone through what I've shown Never free, never seen Lost in what might have been What I've felt, what I've known Never shone through what I've shown Never whole, never me So I call you, damned Oh-oh-oh Never whole, never me So I call you, damned You marked me, I mark you So I call you, damned Never whole, never me So I call you, damned You marked me, I mark you So I call you, damned Never whole, never me So I call you, damned