<Verse 1>
The rain falls down like it knows my name,
Every drop calls out my shame.
Cold hands tracing every scar,
Till heaven cries where my tears are.
A lantern burns against the wind,
Too weak to heal, too faint to mend.
Just enough to catch my eye,
A tiny star that won’t yet die.
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<Pre-Chorus>
The world is silent…
But not my mind.
Every echo pulls me
Further behind.
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<Chorus>
Maybe I’m the rose,
Bent beneath the weight.
Holding to a dying stem,
Still refusing fate.
Maybe I’m the lantern,
Shaking in the rain.
Fighting through the darkest night,
Keeping one last flame.
If I’m lost inside this storm,
With no end in sight…
Maybe surviving
Is enough tonight.
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<Verse 2>
A thousand voices fill my head,
Walking circles where they’ve bled.
They ask me why I still hold on,
When every piece of hope is gone.
These hands are tired of reaching out,
Chasing ghosts that fade with doubt.
Sewing dreams with broken thread,
Watching every promise shred.
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<Pre-Chorus>
The silence cuts…
Sharper than screams.
Every tomorrow
Dies inside my dreams.
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<Chorus>
Maybe I’m the rose,
Bruised but growing still.
Breaking under all this weight,
Never losing will.
Maybe I’m the lantern,
Flickering alone.
Lighting up an empty road
No one else has known.
If I’m lost inside this storm,
With no end in sight…
Maybe surviving
Is enough tonight.
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<Bridge (instrumentation drops to piano and strings)>
If hope is only
One small spark…
Why does it still
Outshine the dark?
If love can bloom
Where nothing grows…
Maybe tomorrow
I’ll finally know.
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<Final Chorus (full band, bigger drums, layered vocals)>
Maybe I’m the rose,
Still reaching for the sun.
Every broken petal proves
I’m not the only one.
Maybe I’m the lantern,
Weathered by the rain.
Every storm that tried to kill me
Couldn’t steal the flame.
So I’ll sit beneath this sky,
Where silence learns to sing.
Maybe making it another day
Is everything.
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<Outro (soft)>
The rain still knows my name…
But so does the dawn.
The lantern never died.
