Hold On to the Rail

[Verse 1]
Woke up on the ceiling
Floor fell up again
Coffee tastes like chemicals
Can’t remember when I felt sane
Razor-thin emotions
Laughing while I drown
High above the city
Face pressed to the ground
[Pre-Chorus]
I’m a flicker in a blackout
I’m a landslide in my head
Every mirror says I’m dying
But I’m not done yet (not yet)
[Chorus]
Hold on to the rail when the room tilts sideways
Breathing through the storm in my skull
I’m screaming in a whisper
Bleeding in the hallway
But I’m still here
I’m still here
I won’t let the dark write my farewell note
Hands shaking but I’m keeping my throat
Hold on to the rail when the floor drops out
I’m still here
I’m still here
[Verse 2]
Pages full of x’s
Where my future should’ve been
Voices on the hotline
Saying “call me when you spin”
Smiling for the family
So they never see the rope
Swallowing the fire
Just to stay inside their hope
[Pre-Chorus]
I am thunder in a teacup
I am chaos in a chair
Every breath is heavy metal
But it proves I’m still there (still there)
[Chorus]
Hold on to the rail when the room tilts sideways
Breathing through the storm in my skull
I’m screaming in a whisper
Bleeding in the hallway
But I’m still here
I’m still here
I won’t let the dark write my farewell note
Hands shaking but I’m keeping my throat
Hold on to the rail when the floor drops out
I’m still here
I’m still here
[Bridge]
[Half-time
Crushing breakdown]
Turn off the phone
Turn off the plan
Turn off the voice that says
“This is the end”
Count every scar
Like notches of proof
Every single one says
“You made it through”
(Gasp, grind, repeat my name)
(Spit, choke, refuse the grave)
[Chorus]
Hold on to the rail when the room tilts sideways
Breathing through the storm in my skull
I’m screaming in a whisper
Bleeding in the hallway
But I’m still here
I’m still here
I won’t let the dark write my farewell note
Hands shaking but I’m keeping my throat
Hold on to the rail when the floor drops out
I’m still here
I’m still here

rock, Explosive metalcore / alt-metal, male vocals. Drop-tuned guitars with chugging palm mutes in verses, bass forward and grinding. Screamed lead lines intercut with strained melodic hooks; tom-heavy drums that flip into double-time for the chorus. Bridge dives into a half-time breakdown with dissonant chords, sub drops, and a unison shout, then a final, uplifted chorus with octave guitars and stacked gang vocals on the hook., metalcore, post-hardcore, alternative metal, strong