Ashes of What I Gave

[Intro - Soft Piano, Single Voice, Whispered]
It starts with none...

[Verse 1 - Tight Rhythmic Flow, Clean Vocals, Building Guitars]
One spark, I don't know when
It doesn't even matter where it all began
Hold that inside, I built this cage
To unravel in due time all this rage
Trust is a fragile thing
Watch it shatter when the hollow echoes ring
Watch it crumble at the edge of the night
The walls caved in without a fight, so unclear
I didn't see the floor break
Watched the faith pour out like a silent earthquake
Holding on, but nothing stayed
I burned it all just to watch it fade

[Pre-Chorus - Restrained Vocals, Swelling Strings, Drums Building]
I held the silence in my chest
And even though I bled, the wound wouldn't rest
What I carried will eventually be
Just the ashes of a time when I believed

[Chorus - Full Band Explosion, Soaring Clean Vocals, Crashing Cymbals]
I gave my all and lost the war
But in the ashes, nothing matters anymore
I had to break to feel the fall
But in the ashes, nothing matters at all

[Verse 2 - Raw Vocal Edge, Distorted Guitar Riff, Aggressive Drums]
One crack, I don't know how
It doesn't even matter what you promised now
Keep that in mind, I wore these scars
To remind myself how I reached for stars
In spite of every door you shut on me
Acting like my soul was your property
Remember every time you screamed at the sky
I'm amazed we made it this far, God, why?
Things will never be the way they were
You wouldn't even recognize what I endure
Not that You heard me calling then
But the silence always finds me in the end

[Pre-Chorus - Desperate Clean Vocals, Guitar Feedback, Tension Building]
You held Your answer from my hands
And even though I prayed, You never had a plan
What I worshipped will eventually be
Just the ashes of a time when I believed

[Chorus - Massive Wall of Sound, Screamed and Clean Vocals Layered]
I gave my all and lost the war
But in the ashes, nothing matters anymore
I had to break to feel the fall
But in the ashes, nothing matters at all

[Bridge - Isolated Screaming Vocals, Stripped Drums, Raw Emotion, Building to Peak]
I put my faith in the unknown
Screamed as far as my voice would go
For all of this, there's one thing left to show
I put my faith in the unknown
Bled as far as these wounds would go
For all of this, there's one thing left to know

[Final Chorus - Everything Hits, Emotional Peak, Clean Vocals Breaking Into Screams]
I gave my all and lost the war
But in the ashes, nothing matters anymore
I had to break to feel the fall
But in the ashes... nothing matters at all

[Outro - Piano Alone, Voice Cracking, Fading to Silence]
Nothing matters... at all...

Hard emo rock, distorted guitars, piano undertones, soaring cleans with desperate screams, nu-metal, aggressive drums