Inside Out

Feel the chains 'round my wrists, hear the clock just tick Judge's gavel fell, now my fate's locked in Four walls my view, with time tickin' through Memories in my head, that trigger I drew [Verse] Cuffed in the courtroom, life's script got torn The life I took, leaves a heart so worn Cell echoes silence, my choices I mourn Time is my sentence, from dusk until dawn In the clink echoes, my freedom's now gone Concrete my pillow, no peace till I'm gone Stripes on my jumpsuit, numbers my name Guilt and regret, fuel to the flame An innocent lost, I shoulder the blame In the cell's shadow, play the remorse game [Verse] Visits behind glass, touch never felt Letters and photos, the hand fate dealt Thought I was tough, but inside I melt Every cold night, the loneliness knelt Life on the outside, a memory svelte The weight of the gavel like thunder, it crashed Judgment day sealed with the bars that they lashed Spent nights counting stars that through barred windows flashed Living with ghosts of a future that's trashed [Verse] Mirror’s reflection, a stranger's cold gaze Walked a path darkened by crime's twisted maze Inside this cage where time's stuck in a haze Each tick of the clock, another dream decays Life rewound in my mind, all those wasted days Every whisper of freedom, just fuels my craze Now penitence my anthem, behind all this steel Remorse hits hard, this pain's all too real Growin' old in a box, no chance for appeal Markin' days on the wall, lost in this ordeal [Verse] Learning lessons too late, in the school of hard knocks My future's this cell, defined by locks Dreams of redemption, but reality mocks Every minute's a battle with this paradox [Hook] Staring down my past, every sin I've owned Changed by the years, by this sorrow I'm honed I'm countin' the hours, survivin' the night Feelin’ the weight of my sins in each fight On the inside lookin’ out, no end in sight Can't shake the cold, can't escape the plight [Verse] My cellmate's restless, whisperin' tales Dreamin' of freedom, as hope slowly pales The clink of the chains, each day we're scaled Thrown in the deep end, where justice just fails In the yard, solitude's my refrain Push-ups and barbells, channeling the pain