When I set out on this journey I thought it would never end  
When I started down that road I could not see the end  
And when I took that first step I fell in so deep  
And all those things that were so hard-won I thought I would always keep  
Now what do you think I see standing like a wall in front of me  

Defeat, not victory  
Defeat, not victory  
Defeat, not victory  

So what are you going to do? Die?  
No you gonna lay down and die?  
No I will not admit defeat I will not admit defeat  
I will see victory  
Pride and deceit have choked my life like weeds  
And I lost sight of what I really had what I really need  
And all the things I should've valued  
I gave away for a prayer and a song  
And now when I reach out for them they are gone  
Now you know what I see standing in front of me  
Like a headstone a fucking monument to human misery  

Defeat, not victory  
Defeat, not victory  
Defeat, not victory  

So what are you going to do? Die?  
No you gonna lay down and die?  
No I will not admit defeat I will not admit defeat  
I will see victory  
Pride and deceit have choked my life like weeds  
And I lost sight of what I really had what I really need  
And all the things I should've valued  
I gave away for a prayer and a song  
And now when I reach out for them they are gone  
Now you know what I see standing in front of me  
Like a headstone a fucking monument to human misery   

Do I have any friends here?  
I can't see are any of my friends here?  
I can't see what about you?  
Will you be a friend to me?  
What about you? Will you be a friend to me?  
I've got a question to ask you and then you can ask it of me  
It's a simple request and then you can make it of me  
Can you forgive me? Can you see what will be?  
Is it victory?  

Now I can't show you all the things I ve seen  
And I can't make you feel anything  
Certainly not what they meant to me  
And someday I know, no matter how hard we try  
We are all going to have to lay down and die  
So maybe I should just tell you what I hope and believe  
For every defeat there will be a victory  
For every defeat there will be a victory in defeat,  
victory