Lyrics Analysis Paralysis - Awake At Last

I feel intoxicated
I hear them rapping in my mind
My anxiety is enslaving me
So desperate, so confined
I know that I'm not the man
Who I always thought I would be
I think I'm searching for the promised land
But the road seems to betray me

So tear away my skin
I know there's something more
It's a battle I can win
What am I afraid for?

I feel like fire in the rain
I'm trying to shine a light
Find a way to break these chains
In spite of you, I gotta stay strong
I don't wanna be loved
I just wanna be something more
'Cause I can feel it inside
It's a changing of tides
I just have to know what I stand for

When everything is at a standstill
And I lose my sense of time
I feel my heart start racing
And now my mind's in overdrive
Out of touch, out of mind, I'm pacing
Trying to make the pieces combine
Wanna run, wanna hide, but my body's frozen
Please, God, hear my cries

So tear away my skin
I know there's something more
It's a battle I can win
What am I afraid for?

I feel like fire in the rain
I'm trying to shine a light
Find a way to break these chains
In spite of you, I gotta stay strong
I don't wanna be loved
I just wanna be something more
'Cause I can feel it inside
It's a changing of tides
I just have to know what I stand for

Breathe in, breathe out
Don't you fade
Breathe in, breathe out
Don't you fade

I feel like fire in the rain
I'm trying to shine a light
Find a way to break these chains
In spite of you, I gotta stay strong
I don't wanna be loved
I just wanna be something more
'Cause I can feel it inside
It's a changing of tides
I just have to know what I stand for
(Know what I stand for)
(Yeah, what am I afraid for?)