Dark Metal Ballad · Baritone Growl → Clean High Range) ⸻ Intro (Sparse piano – low notes, hollow ambience) Thirty-eight years Same ground Same excuse ⸻ Verse 1 (Low baritone – restrained, close-mic) I’ve been laying by the water Longer than I know my name Watching healing happen to others While I stayed the same Every ripple felt like mercy Every stir looked like my chance But someone always beat me to it So I learned how not to stand ⸻ Pre-Chorus (Baritone rises – tension building) You asked me if I wanted healing Like I hadn’t prayed that prayer But wanting something long enough Can teach a man to settle there ⸻ Chorus (Clean vocal – wide, aching) I said I tried, I said I waited I said the timing wasn’t right You didn’t argue with my reasons You just spoke into my life You said get up Pick up your mat Walk out of the place you’ve been You didn’t wait for the water to move You spoke — and I stood anyway ⸻ Verse 2 (Baritone with grit – drums enter slow) That mat knew every failure Every night I laid back down It held my weight, it held my story It was my proof, my ground You told me carry what I laid on Don’t leave it where you were Healing doesn’t erase the past It turns it into purpose ⸻ Pre-Chorus 2 (Half-growl → clean lift) I stood up in the daylight While religion shook its head They didn’t care that I was walking They just asked who said I could instead ⸻ Chorus 2 (Full band – heavier, darker) I said I tried, I said I waited I said the timing wasn’t right You didn’t argue with my reasons You just spoke into my life You said get up Pick up your mat Walk out of the place you’ve been You didn’t wait for the water to move You spoke — and I stood anyway ⸻ Bridge (Breakdown – growl, slow, crushing) DO YOU WANT TO BE HEALED? (pause) Then stop explaining. GET UP. ⸻ Bridge 2 (Clean vocal – exposed, emotional peak) Later You found me in the temple Told me sin could still pull me back Healing’s more than walking forward It’s not returning to the mat You didn’t just free my body You warned my soul to stay awake You didn’t just heal my sickness You rewrote every step I’d take ⸻ Final Chorus (Massive swell – clean high range over crushing band) I was stuck longer than I remember I was waiting on a sign You stepped into my hopeless place And rewrote all of time You said get up Pick up your mat Don’t live where you’ve been You didn’t wait for the water to move You spoke — and I was changed anyway ⸻ Outro (Instruments drop → piano + whisper) Get up… Walk… (final piano note rings)

GET UP (He Spoke Anyway)