[Verse 1: San, Wooyoung]
Close your eyes
Come on, oh boy
Now, can't you see the truth?
You need the darkness to step out of the darkness
[Pre-Chorus: Seonghwa]
Sometimes it's cruel
The bare face of the truth
Shake me and test me
[Chorus: San, Jongho, Yunho]
What are you trying to protect?
What are you trying to change?
I'm ready for the dark
I'm ready for this world
What can you sacrifice?
Can I throw away everything?
I'm ready for the dark
I'm ready for this world
[Refrain]
Lies, controls, rules
Numb, hatred, emptiness
[Verse 2: Wooyoung, San, Hongjoong, Mingi]
Now, close your eyes
I'm confusеd if this is right
This is the only way, right?
Black shadow has no fear, death
Whеn you're willing to face the dark
Blurred lines and demons
Actually, I don't know, hell or heaven
Maybe a place where light and darkness meet
The choice between truth and lies is mine
Nature revealed in ugliness
The distinction between good and evil is no more
Stepping further into the darkness
Deeper into the depths
Oh, my, I think I'm falling down
Slowly, I'm going down (Woah-oh)
[Pre-Chorus: Seonghwa]
Sometimes it's cruel
The bare face of the truth
Shake me and test me
[Chorus: Wooyoung, Jongho, Yeosang]
What are you trying to protect? (Oh)
What are you trying to change?
I'm ready for the dark
I'm ready for this world
What can you sacrifice?
Can I throw away everything?
I'm ready for the dark
I'm ready for this world (Oh)
[Refrain]
Lies, controls, rules
Numb, hatred, emptiness
[Verse 3: Hongjoong, Mingi, Jongho]
Yeah
We're still in the dark, do you feel alive?
Cloudy mind, I don't feel myself
Now it's time to fight, take back my life
The day I become myself, I will face myself in this world
Sacrifice, despair, desire, inferiority complex
Anger, regret, obedience, degradation, and anxiety
Burning in resentment and hatred
Can freedom fly amid all this hate and respect?
I can't take it no more
[Chorus: Seonghwa, Jongho, Yunho, San]
I have to protect (Oh)
Everything has to change (Oh, yeah)
I'm ready for the dark
I'm ready for this world (Yeah)
I swallow all sacrifices
Abandon me more, more, more (Swallow all the sacrifices)
I'm ready for the dark
I'm ready for this world