Still Breathing’s A Win

[Verse 1]
White coats
Clipboards
Say they’ve seen this all before
New pills
Same void
Just a louder
Aching roar
They prod at every fracture
Name every shade of pain
But every label that they tape on me
Just feels like a chain
[Chorus]
The world keeps trying to fix me
Like I’m some broken machine
But every cure that they press in my hands
Knocks out the fight in me
If I’m still shaking and screaming
If my chest still pulls in air
Then I’m not losing
I’m not losing
Still breathing’s a win
I swear
[Verse 2]
Late nights
Cold couch
Talking circles in my head
They smile
Take notes
Ask how I’m feeling again
They trace my every trigger
Chart every rise and fall
But every question that they carve in me
Just writes me on the wall
[Chorus]
The world keeps trying to fix me
Like I’m some broken machine
But every cure that they press in my hands
Knocks out the fight in me
If I’m still shaking and screaming
If my chest still pulls in air
Then I’m not losing
I’m not losing
Still breathing’s a win
I swear
[Bridge]
I don’t want your silver answers
I don’t want your perfect plan (no)
I just want to wake up tomorrow
Still myself
Still where I stand
So stitch up what you can’t understand
With your pretty
Sterile spin
I’m not fine
I’m not okay
But I’m here
And that’s a win (that’s a win)
[Chorus]
The world keeps trying to fix me
Like I’m some broken machine
But every cure that they press in my hands
Knocks out the fight in me
If I’m still shaking and screaming
If my chest still pulls in air
Then I’m not losing
I’m not losing
Still breathing’s a win
I swear
[Outro]
Still breathing’s a win
(still breathing’s a win)
I’m not fixed
I’m not finished
But I’m here
And that’s a win

rock, Hard rock with screaming male vocals, drop-tuned guitars in a grinding half-time groove that erupts into double-time chaos in the chorus; verses ride palm-muted chugs and tension-building toms, choruses explode with stacked shout-alongs and open chords; bridge strips to a single gritty guitar and vocal before a final, all-out wall-of-sound outro, world, emotional, hard rock