[Verse 1 – clean, restrained]
There’s a picture burned behind my eyes
Older than fear, older than breath
A body stretched across the silence
Pinned between birth and death
I wake up wearing borrowed faces
Hands I don’t remember earning
Every scream sounds strangely familiar
Like I’ve lived it—still learning
[Pre-Chorus – tension building]
If this life is mine
Why does it feel remembered?
If this pain is new
Why does it echo forever?
[Chorus – soaring, melodic]
I am the wound that never closes
I am the nail and the hand
Every life is the same light broken
Shattered just to understand
No heaven waiting past the gates
No hell beneath my skin
Just one image bleeding outward
And I’m trapped inside of it
[Verse 2 – heavier, controlled grit]
Jacob’s ladder made of nerve and flame
Rungs of bone and choice
Angels fall like sparks of memory
Dressed in a human voice
I’ve worn the crown, I’ve worn the chains
I’ve begged, I’ve judged, I’ve prayed
Every sin, every act of mercy
Already paid
[Pre-Chorus 2 – darker]
If time’s a lie
Then I’ve already died
If love is real
Why does it feel crucified?
[Chorus – full power]
I am the wound that never closes
I am the cross I bear
Every soul is the same scream
Tearing through the air
No judgment carved in stone
No savior riding in
Just one image bleeding outward
And I’m trapped inside of it
[Bridge – breakdown / emotional rupture]
Why have you left me—
Or was I ever alone?
If I am everyone
Then who feels this when I’m gone?
I feel the tyrant’s hunger
I feel the child’s last breath
I feel the lover’s trembling hands
I feel the weight of death
[Solo Section – wordless scream, let the guitar speak]
[Final Chorus – higher, desperate resolve]
I am the wound that never closes
I am the end and the start
Every life is just a different cut
Across the same beating heart
No gates to open, no gates to close
No final curtain call
Just one image breaking itself
To feel anything at all
[Outro – quiet, fading]
When the last breath empties the room
Nothing disappears
The image just grows still enough
To remember why it’s here
DonaldFritsche
