Intro – soft piano, fragile vocal]
I’ve been choking on the silence,
Counting shadows on the wall.
Every heartbeat feels so violent,
I don’t feel alive at all…
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[Verse 1 – tense, confessional]
I’m trapped inside a cage I built,
With broken glass beneath my feet.
Every memory tastes like guilt,
Every promise feels like deceit.
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[Pre-Chorus – rising tension, strings/guitar enter]
And I’m running out of reasons,
To keep pretending I’m okay…
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[Chorus – explosive, heavy guitars / soaring vocals]
I’m on the edge, about to break,
Suffocating in my own mistakes.
Drowning fast, I can’t escape,
The weight inside, it’s more than I can take.
I’m on the edge, I’m falling through,
There’s nothing left that I can do.
If this is life, then tell me why—
It feels like I was born to die.
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[Verse 2 – darker, heavier rhythm]
Every scar is a story untold,
Every lie cuts deeper than gold.
I wear my pain like a crown of thorns,
A hollow king in a kingdom torn.
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[Pre-Chorus – layered vocals, screams behind]
And I’m running out of reasons,
To keep pretending I’m okay…
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[Chorus – repeat, more intense]
I’m on the edge, about to break,
Suffocating in my own mistakes.
Drowning fast, I can’t escape,
The weight inside, it’s more than I can take.
I’m on the edge, I’m falling through,
There’s nothing left that I can do.
If this is life, then tell me why—
It feels like I was born to die.
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[Bridge – breakdown, screamed vocals / half-time]
Tear me open, let me bleed!
Rip my soul for the world to see!
I’m not living, I’m just decay—
Take this fucking pain away!
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[Final Chorus – soaring, layered with screams]
I’m on the edge, about to break,
Suffocating in my own mistakes.
Drowning fast, I can’t escape,
The weight inside, it’s more than I can take.
I’m on the edge, I’m falling through,
There’s nothing left that I can do.
If this is life, then tell me why—
It feels like I was born to die.
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[Outro – soft piano, whispered]
I don’t feel alive…
At all.
jamespatterson
