Stealing Confidence Lyrics

For thirty years, conditioned consistently to hate himself

The black sheep of the family, their dark deeds' scapegoat!

His confidence was stored in their safe, high on a shelf

Just in case our boy should ever get the unholy idea to have a vote!

Oh, all y'all know, I'm talkin' about thinking for himself

Kept in the dark, trying to keep his sanity afloat!

Time wore him thin, buried his vigor under stealth

Stripped of pride, in the mirror saw a threadbare coat!

He broke into the stronghold they built, that held him in their trance

Cracking his mental code, he opened the safe, stole back his confidence!

Rose from the ashes of a burnt past, he was given a second chance

To reclaim his stolen voice, to rejoin this dance!

Shattered glass and broken dreams, they thought they'd won

But a resilience was simmering, a fire within

Beneath the ruins of his spirit, beneath the setting sun

He found the keys to his shackles, his journey had only begun!

Deep within his subconscious, bright light began to gleam

The truth unveiled, a hidden power in his core!

And with every step towards healing, he stitched up every seam

Piece by piece, he rebuilt himself, stronger than before!

He broke into the stronghold they built, holding him in their trance

Cracking his mental code, he opened the safe, stole back his confidence!

Rose from the ashes of a burnt past, he was given a second chance

To reclaim his stolen voice, to rejoin the dance!

Scars tell a story of survival, etched in his heart

Each one a reminder, a testament of his fight!

His spirit unbroken, emerged from the dark

Armed with his courage, he steps into the light!

He broke into the stronghold they built, holding him in their trance

Cracking his mental code, he opened the safe, stole back his confidence!

Rose from the ashes of a burnt past, he was given a second chance

To reclaim his stolen voice, to rejoin the dance!

The sky's the limit, his recovery's expanse

A phoenix from the ashes, in defiance, he advanced!

With newfound strength, he takes his stance

You stole his confidence, Shadowstrider took his chance!

He broke into the stronghold you built, holding him in your trance

Cracking his mental code, he opened your safe, stole back his confidence!

Rose from the ashes of a burnt past, I was given a second chance

To reclaim my stolen voice, to rejoin my dance!

You stole my confidence, Shadowstrider took back my chance

Rose from the broken pieces of my past, given a second chance!

Cracked my mental code, opened your safe, stole back my confidence

To reclaim my stolen voice, to rejoin my dance!

I stole back my confidence, Shadowstrider, may I have this dance?

I owe you the world, myself, you gave us a second chance!

Oh, you stole back my confidence, Shadowstrider, let me dance

To reclaim my stolen voice, I stole back my confidence!