First things first I'ma say all the words inside my head I'm fired up and tired of the way that things have been, oh-ooh The way that things have been, oh-ooh Second thing second Don't you tell me what you think that I could be I'm the one at the sail, I'm the master of my sea, oh-ooh The master of my sea, oh-ooh I was broken from a young age Taking my sulking to the masses Writing my poems for the few That look at me, took to me, shook to me, feeling me Singing from heartache from the pain Taking my message from the veins Speaking my lesson from the brain Seeing the beauty through the... Pain! You made me a, you made me a believer, believer Pain! You break me down and build me up, believer, believer Pain! Oh, let the bullets fly, oh, let them rain My life, my love, my drive, it came from... Pain! You made me a, you made me a believer, believer Third things third Send a prayer to the ones up above All the hate that you've heard has turned your spirit to a dove, oh-ooh Your spirit up above, oh-ooh I was choking in the crowd Living my brain up in the cloud Falling like ashes to the ground Hoping my feelings, they would drown But they never did, ever lived Ebbing and flowing, inhibited, limited Till it broke open and it rained down It rained down, like... Pain! You made me a, you made me a believer, believer Pain! You break me down, you build me up, believer, believer Pain, oh, let the bullets fly, oh, let them rain My life, my love, my drive, it came from Pain! You made me a, you made me a believer, believer Last things last, by the grace of the fire and the flames You're the face of the future, the blood in my veins, oh-ooh The blood in my veins, oh-ooh But they never did, ever lived, ebbin' and flowin' Inhibited, limited 'til it broke open and rained down It rained down like Pain! You made me a, you made me a believer, believer Pain! You break me down, you build me up, believer, believer Pain, oh, let the bullets fly, oh, let them rain My life, my love, my drive, it came from Pain! You made me a, you made me a believer, believer