Despair

(Verse 1)

I fall into the quiet where the echoes never fade,

Every broken promise still hangs heavy in the shade.

The night feels like an ocean and I’m drifting far away,

And every time I reach for light, it slips from me again.

(Pre-Chorus)

There’s a shaking in my chest I can’t outrun,

A shadow made of everything I’m not.

(Chorus)

Despair, you pull me down like a tide,

Cold hands crawling up my spine.

You say that I’m alone, but I still try—

Even when the world won’t hear my cry.

Despair, you stay deep in my bones,

But you won’t turn my heart to stone.

(Verse 2)

I count each little heartbeat like a prayer I can’t repeat,

Walk on shattered memories like glass beneath my feet.

But somewhere in the silence, where the dark begins to bend,

I feel a tiny spark inside that refuses just to end.

(Pre-Chorus)

Maybe hope’s a little flicker in the rain,

A trembling hand that reaches through the pain.

(Chorus)

Despair, you pull me down like a tide,

Cold hands crawling up my spine.

You say that I’m undone, but still I rise—

Even with the tears inside my eyes.

Despair, you haunt me through the night,

But you can’t take away my fight.

(Bridge)

If I break, I’ll break open—pieces falling like the stars.

Maybe falling isn’t failing when the cracks still make a mark.

Even in the hollow where your darkness fills the air,

There’s a heartbeat that reminds me I am more than my despair.

(Final Chorus)

Despair, you pull me down like a tide,

But there’s a fire you can’t deny.

You tell me I’m undone, but I survive—

Breathing through the ache, I stay alive.

Despair, you echo cold and low,

But you don’t choose how my story goes.