[Verse 1]
            
First things f

              
irst, I'ma say

              
 all the words

           
 inside my hea

d
              
I'm fired up a

             
nd tired of th

              
e way that thi

         
ngs have been,

 oh-ooh
              
The way that t

             
hings have bee

          
n, oh-ooh-ooh


[Verse 2]
            
Second thing s

              
econd, don't y

              
ou tell me wha

              
t you think th

         
at I can be
              
I'm the one at

             
 the sail, I'm

              
 the master of

    
 my sea, oh-oo

h
              
The master of 

             
my sea, oh-ooh

 
-ooh


[Pre-Chorus]
      
I was broken f

rom a young ag

e, taking my s

ulking to the 

masses
             
Writing my poe

              
ms for the few

              
, that looked 

       
at me, took to

 me, shook to 

me, feeling me
             
Singing from h


eartache, from

 the pain, tak

e up my messag

e from the vei

ns
             
Speaking my le

              
sson from the 

              
brain, seeing 

             
the beauty thr

        
ough the...


[Chorus]

Pain!
              
You made me a,

              
 you made me a

            
 believer, bel

iever

   Pain!
              
You break me d

              
own, you build

             
 me up, believ

      
er, believer

Pain!
              
Oh, let the bu

              
llets fly, oh,

          
 let them rain
          
My life, my lo

              
ve, my drive, 

              
they came from


...

Pain!
              
You made me a,

              
 you made me a

            
 believer, bel

iever


[Verse 3]
            
Third things t

              
hird, send a p

              
rayer to the o

        
nes up above
              
All the hate t

             
hat you've hea

              
rd has turned 

              
your spirit to

   
 a dove, oh-oo

h
              
Your spirit up

             
 above, oh-ooh

 
-ooh


[Pre-Chorus 2]
      
I was choking 

in the crowd, 

building my ra

in up in the c

loud
             
Falling like a

              
shes to the gr

              
ound, hoping m

  
y feelings, th

ey would drown
         
But they never

 did, ever liv

ed, ebbing and

 flowing, inhi

bited, limited
              
Till it broke 

             
open and raine

              
d down, it rai

         
ned down, like

...


[Chorus]

Pain!
              
You made me a,

              
 you made me a

            
 believer, bel

iever

   Pain!
              
You break me d

              
own, you build

             
 me up, believ

      
er, believer

Pain!
              
Oh, let the bu

              
llets fly, oh,

          
 let them rain
          
My life, my lo

              
ve, my drive, 

              
they came from


...

Pain!
              
You made me a,

              
 you made me a

            
 believer, bel

iever


[Verse 4]
            
Last things la

              
st, by the gra

              
ce of the fire

         
 and the flame

s
              
You're the fac

             
e of the futur

              
e, the blood i

     
n my veins, oh

-ooh
              
The blood in m

             
y veins, oh-oo

  
h-ooh


[Pre-chorus 3]
         
But they never

 did, ever liv

ed, ebbing and

 flowing, inhi

bited, limited
              
Till it broke 

             
open and raine

              
d down, it rai

      
ned down, like

...


[Chorus]

Pain!
              
You made me a,

              
 you made me a

            
 believer, bel


iever

   Pain!
              
You break me d

              
own, you build

             
 me up, believ

      
er, believer

Pain!
              
Oh, let the bu

              
llets fly, oh,

          
 let them rain
         
My life, my lo

              
ve, my drive, 

              
they came from


...

Pain!
              
You made me a,

              
 you made me a

            
 believer, bel


iever