(Intro – low riff, distant distortion)
Cold ground, teeth clenched tight
No sun left in this fight
Hands shaking, lungs on fire
Still standing in the wire
(Verse 1)
Dirt in my mouth, blood in my eyes
Every breath feels borrowed time
No map out, no saving sound
Just the weight of the world pressing down
Knees bent but I don’t crawl
I learned to breathe through the fall
Pain taught me how to move
Every scar is living proof
(Pre-Chorus)
This pit was meant to break my will
But I’m breathing
So I’m not done still
(Chorus)
I’m down in the trenches
Where the light don’t stay
Every step forward
Costs me pain
I’m down in the trenches
But I won’t lay dead
If this is hell
Then I’ll climb it instead
(Verse 2)
Back against walls that cave inward
Every promise tastes like splintered words
No mercy in the dirt I wear
Just survival in the open air
Heartbeat louder than the fear
I stay sharp when death gets near
If I crack, I crack swinging
Still alive, still breathing
(Pre-Chorus)
They said I’d fold, they said I’d fall
I’m still here
That says it all
(Chorus)
I’m down in the trenches
Where hope gets thin
Knuckles split
But I dig back in
I’m down in the trenches
Every breath’s a test
But I’ll crawl through hell
Before I rest
(Bridge – breakdown, half-time)
No rescue
No release
Just me and the beast
I don’t pray
I don’t plead
I survive
I bleed
(Guitar Solo – dirty, aggressive)
(Final Chorus – bigger, heavier)
I’m down in the trenches
Hear my name in the dark
Still got fire
Still got spark
I’m down in the trenches
Buried but unbent
You can break my body
But my will won’t end
(Outro – slow, crushing)
Still breathing
Still here
Still standing
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