Set your intentions to better ambitions,
That or become the monster that you spawned from.
Step back, reflect, and decide.
Keep watch your internal penitentiary
That harbors ill intent and ethical lapse.
Step back, reflect, and decide.

Self-control, I depend upon your discipline.
Without you, I fear for those in close contact.
Where would I be without the ones who've helped me,
The ones who truly got my back?
The solution is right in front of me.
I just have to reach out, hold, pull, bring it back.
The solution is easy for me to see:
Behind the mirror lies the man in me.

I have to clearly define between my wants and my needs.
Back then, I used to think for myself,
But now the bottle thinks for me.

Back then, I used to think for myself,
But now the bottle thinks for me.
Back then, I had concrete defiance.
I'd pick my battles, not pick my defeat.
Back then, I used to think for myself.
I used to calm the rage inside of me.
Back then, I had concrete defiance.
The only ground I needed was the earth below my feet.

Self-control, I rely on your resistance
Against the wind and against the grain.
Shield me with better judgement,
Reinforce my reasons to refrain.
One evil has transferred to another,
Infecting my morality and where I stand.
The temptation is tangible. Its taste is palpable.
For fuck's sake, it's right in my hand.

I have fallen so far,
And I can't get back up.

I used to have a clear conscience. I used to be moralistic.
I used to put others before me. I used to be more realistic.

You can't always put the blame on your problems.
Often times, the true problem is in yourself.

Stand back up.
Give your promises physical form.
You have been given another day.
(We have been given another day.)
You've been given two hands but only one life,
So push those demons away.
(We have been given another day.)

I will not become the victim.
I will conquer my vices.

Right now, I am trying my hardest to formulate a better plan.
Right now, I am looking in the mirror,
And promising to become a better man.