Wouldn't Stop

There was a night.
I know the night.
I saw the line.
I crossed the line.
She wouldn't stop.
I couldn't stop.
Somebody stood
between harm and you.
That somebody was me.
That's what I do.
Door went black.
Room went red.
Voice in my skull
said go ahead.
Jaw locked down.
Hands went cold.
Something woke up
that I don't control.
I did not blink.
I did not slow.
I went too far
and I know,
I know.
I know.
I know.
I know.
To save them,
I became it.
To become it,
I erased it.
Say it clean.
Say it plain.
Rage got loose
and it wore my name.
She wouldn't stop.
She wouldn't stop.
Rage in the room
and the door got locked.
She wouldn't stop.
She wouldn't stop.
Heart went boom
and the world got hot.
Same grin.
New skin.
Eyes wide open
when the dark walked in.
She wouldn't stop.
She wouldn't stop.
I hate that truth
but I needed that shot.
Don't call it clean.
Don't call it right.
Don't put soft words
on a hard black night.
You got home.
You got air.
I stayed back
with the thing in there.
You saw rescue.
I saw proof.
There's a wild thing
under every truth.
It bit the chain.
It broke the lock.
It heard the scream
and it wouldn't stop.
Wouldn't stop.
Wouldn't stop.
Wouldn't stop.
Stop.
No.
Stop.
No.
Hands cold.
Blood hot.
Mind gone.
Can't stop.
Stop.
No.
Stop.
No.
Line crossed.
Door locked.
Rage up.
Won't stop.
She wouldn't stop.
She wouldn't stop.
Rage in the room
and the door got locked.
She wouldn't stop.
She wouldn't stop.
Heart went boom
and the world got hot.
Same grin.
New skin.
Eyes wide open
when the dark walked in.
She wouldn't stop.
She wouldn't stop.
I hate that truth
but I needed that shot.
After comes quiet.
After comes skin.
After comes breath
trying to fit back in.
After comes shaking.
After comes cost.
After comes knowing
what control lost.
I don't love rage.
I don't praise flame.
But when it came down,
it answered my name.
I tried to hold it.
I tried to breathe.
I tried to stay human.
I tried to leave.
But the room went red.
The laugh got loud.
And something inside me
stood up proud.
She wouldn't stop.
She wouldn't stop.
Rage in the room
and the door got locked.
She wouldn't stop.
She wouldn't stop.
Heart went boom
and the world got hot.
Same grin.
New skin.
Eyes wide open
when the dark walked in.
She wouldn't stop.
She wouldn't stop.
Glad she didn't.
Hate that thought.
She wouldn't stop.
She wouldn't stop.
Glad she didn't.
Hate that thought.
Wouldn't stop.
Glad I didn't.
Hate that I'm glad.
Still here.