incessantly you cut me down you rip me up from these roots that hold me down yo let me take a little sec i hope you re holding your breath i ll tell you something that you ll never forget so i ll put my flag in the sky i put it up wave it high now you know what i m not show me what you got so you think that you could cut me off after all i gave to get where i was look at what i ve given up i ve found my way out of this open grave you should ve buried me when you had the chance and now i ll show you that it s like to be cut down in your prime yeah this time i m not holding back this is what it s like to be cut down in your prime like you were me i always told you that this was what i d do and now your time has come for you because i ve given up my whole life for this i ll bury you six feet deep i ve found my way out of this open grave you should ve buried me when you had the chance and now i ll show you that it s like to be cut down in your prime yeah this time i m not holding back you must be in denial there s nothing i won t do to reach the top again again i ve heard that at the end of the day there s only one thing to say you still end up in my way and i ve earned my second chance at the top so just as soon as it drops then that s the day it ll stop if you thought this was the end of me i hope you re holding your breath you ve chased the shadows of your past lives for far too long i ve found my way out of this open grave you should ve buried me when you had the chance and now i ll show you that it s like to be cut down in your prime yeah this time i m not holding back