It's been so long since I gave you up
Yet you kept your hook in my soul
When I was weak you pulled me back
Into a life of emptiness
    though my life was full
I kept you hidden far away in a box
Where I held my secrets and my fears
Thinking I could bottle up my tears; stay away
From the life that I lived
    for so many worthless years
Now I realize that the bond must be broken
And with a twist of my wrist I break every lie
Fragments of your hate fly back to the gates of hell
Thug Life, you do not have a hold on me
    nor on my living for Adonai!