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[Verse 1 – female clean vocals, düster & bedrückend]
[Spoken]
I stumble through these corridors of my fractured mind,
every turn another trap they left behind.
I hear the footsteps of the ones who watch me bleed,
but never offer what I truly need.
[Song begin]
And in the dark I feel the truth begin to twist —
I’m just a heartbeat they can study and dismiss.
Every scar becomes another fucking test,
a broken maze carved deep inside my chest.
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[Pre-Chorus – rising tension]
They want to see how far I’ll fall…
before I even learn to crawl.
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[Chorus – groß, aggressiv, hymnisch]
I feel like a rat in a labyrinth — running circles till I break!
A useless experiment, watching how much pain I take!
But I won’t beg and I won’t die —
I’ll tear these walls apart tonight!
’cause I will rise and start the fight.
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[Verse 2 – male screams, roher Schmerz]
I feel like a lab rat, a test subject without meaning,
They only watch, they never step in —
In the war against life I’m breaking bones to stand,
fighting bitterness delivered by their hands.
All I want is to give up like a bitten dog left in the rain —
but even dying beasts still bite through chains.
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[Pre-Chorus – dual vocals]
If this is what they want from me…
then let them watch the reckoning.
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[Chorus – härter, größer]
I feel like a rat in a labyrinth — running circles till I break!
A useless experiment, watching how much pain I take!
But I won’t beg and I won’t die —
I’ll tear these walls apart tonight!
’cause I will rise and start the fight.
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[Solo → Breakdown Übergang, melodic metalcore solo, dark, jagged, endet abrupt, SCREAM (Übergang):
“NO MORE!]
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[Breakdown – brutal, verzweifelt, rebellisch]
YOU WANT MY FAILURE?
THEN WATCH ME REDEFINE IT!
YOU WANT SUBMISSION?
COME AND TRY TO FUCKING FIND IT!
I’M NOT YOUR LAB RAT —
NOT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT!
I’LL BREAK THE CAGE
YOU BUILT AROUND MY DAMNED ABANDONMENT!
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[Final Chorus – female cleans + screams, maximal emotional]
I feel like a rat in a labyrinth — running circles till I break!
A useless experiment, watching how much pain I take!
But I won’t beg and I won’t die —
I’ll tear these walls apart tonight!
In a world that wants to break me down,
I’ll be the one who learns to bite.
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[Outro – whispered]
They made me a monster…
I made myself alive.
echoXnova
