(Intro — distant thunder / soft piano / static)Do you ever get so tired…That even breathing feels heavy?
(Verse 1)Ceiling fan and empty roomAnother night I can’t get throughPhone lights glow against my faceLike artificial saving grace
Everybody says “hold on”But they don’t know what’s going onInside a mind that never sleepsInside a chest that only bleeds
I keep smiling in the crowdWhile my thoughts get way too loudEvery memory cuts deepEvery promise hard to keep
(Pre-Chorus — emotional clean vocals)And I’m terrifiedThat one day I’ll disappearWithout anybody noticingI was ever here
(Chorus — massive emotional hook)I drown in the silenceWhere my demons come aliveEvery lonely nightFeels like I barely survive
But somewhere underneath the darkA heartbeat still remainsAnd even broken souls like mineStill ache to feel okay again
(Verse 2)Bathroom mirror, bloodshot eyesTrying hard to stay aliveHands shaking from the weightOf carrying all this pain
I lost pieces of myselfTrying to be someone elseJust to make the world believeI was stronger than me
But music hits me like a wavePulling me back from the graveFor a moment I can breatheFor a moment I believe
(Pre-Chorus)Maybe healing doesn’t happen fastMaybe survival’s enough to last
(Chorus — bigger and more emotional)I drown in the silenceBut I still scream insideEvery scar still burns aliveEvery tear I tried to hide
And if tomorrow never comesAt least I fought the nightAt least somewhere inside this wreckageA part of me survived
(Breakdown — crushing and emotional)I AM NOTJUST MY PAIN
I AM NOTJUST MY CHAINS
EVERY NIGHTI ALMOST GAVE INBUT I’M STILL HEREBREATHING
(Bridge — soft atmospheric section)Maybe hope is small at firstJust enough to stop the hurtMaybe all we really needIs one reason not to leave
(Final Chorus — huge layered ending)I drown in the silenceBut tonight I’m not aloneEvery shattered heart beside meFeels like somewhere I belong
And even when the darkness callsI won’t disappear againBecause every broken soul aliveStill deserves another chance
(Outro — rain ambience / distant choir)Still breathing…Still fighting…Still here…
CathedralsInRuin
