Rotting within Lyrics

I feel the rot beneath my skin

This dying shell it's wearing thin

My body aches my strength decays

A walking corpse through endless days

The mirror cracks it shows my fall

No glory left I've lost it all

I'm rotting I'm fading my body's betrayed

Once a warrior now I'm afraid

These brittle bones this fragile flesh

The reaper calls—I long for rest

Once I ran with endless fire

Now my legs falter my lungs expire

The weight of life it pulls me down

The athlete's crown now a tarnished frown

The whispers grow they see my end

No more battles left to defend

I'm rotting I'm fading my body's betrayed

Once a warrior now I'm afraid

These brittle bones this fragile flesh

The reaper calls—I long for rest

Every step feels like my last

A shadow now of my glorious past

I gave it all I burned so bright

Now I crumble I've lost the fight

I'm rotting I'm fading my body's betrayed

Once a warrior now I'm afraid

These brittle bones this fragile flesh

The reaper calls I long for rest

Let the darkness take me whole

Release this weary broken soul

I'm not the man I used to be

Death will bring me serenity