[Verse 1]
EVERY FEAR YOU BURIED
BURNS ITS SHAPE INTO YOUR BONES
YOU KEEP HOLDING ONTO NIGHTMARES
LIKE IT’S THE ONLY HOME YOU KNOW
you don’t have to bleed in silence
pain is not a promise you owe the world
you are not a ghost trapped in a skin that keeps betraying you
you are not the failure you imagine
you do not deserve the weight you carry
you do not deserve the ache you hide
you should not have to prove your worth through suffering
you were never meant to face this alone
just lean your weight on me
I won’t let you break
we can rest here in the wreckage
until you feel your chest inflate
you don’t have to force perfection
just let your fingers shake
I will hold you steady
(I WILL SHOULDER THE IMPACT MEANT TO SHATTER YOU)
you can breathe again
(I WILL LET THE WORLD COLLIDE WITH ME BEFORE IT EVER HITS YOU)
let the fear grow quiet
(I WILL TAKE EVERY STRIKE UNTIL YOUR HANDS REMEMBER THEIR STRENGTH)
you do not need to pretend
(YOU DO NOT NEED TO STAND ALONE LIKE SOME FORGOTTEN MONUMENT)
[Pre-Chorus]
Let your hands go slack
Let your lungs draw breath
You’re not fading out
You’re just waking up again
[Chorus]
when the weight of the world tries to crush you into dust
(weight of the world)
I WILL BRACE AGAINST THE IMPACT UNTIL THE STEEL UNDER ME RUSTS
I will carry every burden you never asked to hold
(carry every burden)
I’D RATHER BREAK MY OWN FOUNDATION THAN WATCH YOUR SPIRIT GROW COLD
if you vanish in the smoke and lose the map back to yourself
(vanish in the smoke)
I WILL CARVE A ROAD THROUGH FIRE UNTIL YOU FIND YOUR HOPE AGAIN
if your voice goes quiet and your lungs forget their strength
(your voice goes quiet)
I WILL SCREAM YOUR NAME UNTIL YOU REMEMBER HOW TO STAND AGAIN
[Verse 2]
the shadows gather at the edge of your vision
they twist like wolves in tall grass waiting to sink their teeth
but their jaws only close around smoke
they can’t hold substance — they never had it
you are hunted by ghosts of futures that never happened
you are chased by storms that never form
you brace for impact that never arrives
you suffer for disasters that never even occurred
I know your pulse is racing
(BUT NOTHING IS ACTUALLY COMING FOR YOU)
I know your hands are cold
(YOU’RE HOLDING ONTO THREATS THAT ARE MADE OF VAPOR)
just sink into the quiet
(THE DARKNESS IS ONLY A REFLECTION — NOT A PREDICTION)
the fear does not control
(YOU WILL NOT BE CLAIMED BY WHAT NEVER EXISTED)
[Breakdown]
YOU ARE NOT A BURDEN
YOUR EXISTENCE IS NOT A DEBT
YOU ARE NOT A MISTAKE
YOUR WORTH IS NOT CONDITIONAL
YOU DESERVE TO BE HERE
YOU DESERVE TO LIVE AND BREATHE FREELY
YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO HURT TO PROVE YOU MATTER
YOU ARE ALLOWED TO BE HELD
[Outro]
rest your shoulders here
let the terror lose its teeth
you were never meant to carry
all of this alone
you can give the weight to me now
I won’t let you fall again
you belong right here
you don’t have to be strong every second
YOU ARE WORTH BEING SAVED
