When I set out on this journey I thought it would never end
When I started down that road I could not see the end
And when I took that first step I fell in so deep
And all those things that were so hard-won I thought I would always keep

Now
What do you think I see?
Standing like a wall
In front of me

Defeat, not victory
Defeat, not victory
Defeat, not victory

So what are you going to do? Die? No!
You gonna lay down and die? No!
I will not admit defeat
I will not admit defeat
I will see...
Victory
Victory

Pride and deceit have choked my life like weeds
And I lost sight of what I really had, what I really need
And all the things I should've valued
I gave away for a prayer and a song
And now when I reach out for them
they are gone

Now you know what I see
Standing in front of me
Like a headstone
A f___ing monument to human misery

Defeat, not victory
Defeat, not victory
Defeat, not victory

So what are you going to do? Die? No!
You gonna lay down and die? No!
I will not admit defeat
I will not admit defeat
I will see...
Victory
Victory
Victory
Victory

Do I have any friends here?
I can't see
Are any of my friends here?
I can't see
What about you?
Would you be a friend to me?
What about you?
Could you mean something to me?

I've got a question to ask you
And then you can ask it of me
It's a simple request
And then you can make it of me

Can you forgive me?
Can you forgive me?
Can you for-give me?

Can you see what will be?
Is it victory?
Victory
Victory
Victory

Now I can't show you all the things I've seen
And I can't make you feel anything
Certainly not what they meant to me
And someday I know, no matter how hard we try
We are all going to have to lay down and die
So maybe I should just tell you what I hope and believe

For every defeat there will be a victory
For every defeat there will be a victory
In defeat,
Victory

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