Nightshade Anthem - The Damage Is Done

Nightshade Anthem – The Damage Is Done | Official Lyric Video “The Damage Is Done” tells the story of growing up with an empty space where a father should’ve been. Broken promises, unanswered questions, and the kind of silence that follows you into adulthood. This song is about a kid who kept believing. About waiting for someone who said “I’ll be back” and never showed up. About carrying that absence for years, until it turns into anger, numbness, and finally the need to speak. It moves between confession and confrontation. Memories you don’t want, thoughts you can’t shut off, and the moment you stop protecting the lie and start telling the truth. There’s no forgiveness here. No clean ending. Just a voice letting it out before it eats him alive. If you’ve ever had to grow up without closure… If you’ve ever learned the truth too late… If you’ve ever felt like the damage was done long before you understood it… this one’s for you. 👉 Watch if you’ve ever been left behind and had to raise yourself. 🎧 Feel the rage, the numbness, and the truth that finally breaks free. 💬 Comment the line that hit too close to home. 🔔 Subscribe for more dark, emotional, and brutally honest rock from Nightshade Anthem. For fans of: Three Days Grace, Seether, Breaking Benjamin, Citizen Soldier, Linkin Park, Staind, Three Years Hollow #TheDamageIsDone #NightshadeAnthem #AlternativeRock #AltRock #EmotionalRock #TraumaRock #Abandonment #FatherWound #DarkRock #PostGrunge · abandonment · trauma · rage · truth · survival · damage ___________________________________________________________ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-tr/arti... Apple Music:   / nightshade-anthem   Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.co.uk/artists/B0... ___________________________________________________________ 👍 Like 💬 Leave a comment 🔔 Subscribe & hit the notification bell to never miss a track! ‪ ‪@NightshadeAnthem‬ #TheDamageIsDone - #NightshadeAnthem I had a father once and he was larger than life My Superman and taught me wrong from right Now I have trouble trustin' anyone I like I'm scared of the dark I can't sleep at night He disappeared one day without so much as a letter Left me with my mom so I try to be better (human) He said one day: "Son we'll be back together When the things calm down and the world gets better" (liar) Now I'm thirty-four I think he was a liar His word is only worth the money that you wire You'd think I would've learned my lesson by now But here I am same place, writin' it down I can't tell my mama 'cause it makes her frown So I'm tellin' y'all I'm lettin' it out This is the truth The pain of my youth I'm lettin' it out fellas The damage is done I was made to believe I was born in a noose Like I should've been dead Like my birth was a fluke So I have to think that he was not my dude I have to heal the wound I have to face the truth You left me in the fire then called it love I carried your blood, dad, I feel so numb You can't call me son So I'm tellin' y'all I'm lettin' it out The damage is done The damage is done Dunno, maybe he's just some drunk man that met my mammy She was tryin' to get it in She was tryin' to have me So he hit it one time and left with a baggie 'Cause he never gave her money never called and never had me She was too busy playin’ saint for his past I was the result of two strangers that smashed A baby of convenience And that was that So they came up with a story 'bout how he was the man 'Cause that's what makes the world go 'round You either sink or you swim or you drown The same goes for me and you now I made it out And I'm tellin' you how You left me in the fire then called it love I carried your name, man, I feel so numb You can't call me son So I'm tellin' y'all I'm lettin' it out The damage is done The damage is done The damage is done © 2025 SBY – All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized use, reproduction, or distribution of these lyrics is prohibited. ℗ Nightshade Anthem - DigitAIMusic Writer Released on: December 24, 2025 Nightshade Anthem's new song - The Damage Is Done ----------------------------------------------------------------- #RockMusic #AlternativeRock #IndieRock #ClassicRock #HardRock #RockBand #NewMusic #RockSong #GuitarRiffs #VocalPower #MusicVideo #EuropeanMusic #UKRock #EuroRock #MelancholicMusic #EmotionalRock #RockLovers #MusicOfTheDay #Songwriter #IndieArtist #MusicDiscover #RockAndRoll #stadiumrock #epicrock #uplifting #soaring #LiveMusic #RockCommunity #UndergroundMusic #RockVibes #MusicIsLife #darkpoprock #darkrock #AcousticRock #RockAnthem #SupportIndieMusic #NewRelease