[Intro] [clean guitar arpeggios Distant lead bends] Cold earth On the ceiling Breath clouds Keep fading Nails trace My own name On the dark Heartbeats Like war drums Slow hits Then faster Shadows Under skin Start to spark [distorted guitars swell into harmonized lead] Voices crawling up my spine Every memory made of stone If this box becomes my shrine I refuse to lie alone [Verse 1] Face down in the soil of my choices Every grain Every grain tastes like rust All the quiet screams turning into voices As the weight of my past starts to crush I can feel splinters bite in my fingers When I claw through regret in the black Every second I stall Every second it lingers Like a rope that keeps pulling me back [Pre-Chorus] Is this a coffin or a cradle Is this the end or the spark If I'm the one who built this cage I can tear apart the dark [Chorus] I won’t stay buried alive Kicking through the casket Teeth bared Eyes wide If this is the grave Then I’ll turn it to sky Stone over bone But my spirit won’t die I won’t stay buried alive Hear that crack in the dirt as I rise If hell wants a home It can wait in line I’m coming back from the other side [Verse 2] Blood sings like a broke-down engine Roaring loud But refusing to quit All the dirt in my lungs Yeah it burns when I’m breathing But it proves there is fire in my chest I remember our fights in the kitchen Broken glass Broken vows on the floor All the times I went quiet Chose guilt over friction Now I’m screaming through six feet of war [Pre-Chorus] Is this a prison or a shelter Is this a curse or a crown I feel the timber start to splinter When I push This whole world comes down [Chorus] I won’t stay buried alive Kicking through the casket Teeth bared Eyes wide If this is the grave Then I’ll turn it to sky Stone over bone But my spirit won’t die I won’t stay buried alive Hear that crack in the dirt as I rise If hell wants a home It can wait in line I’m coming back from the other side (hey!) [Bridge] [frenzied shred solo into soaring melodic lead] Every shovel mark Was a promise I broke Now I dig in reverse With my rage With my hope If the worms want a feast Let them choke on my chains I am done bowing down To the weight of my shame [Chorus] I won’t stay buried alive Kicking through the casket Teeth bared Eyes wide If this is the grave Then I’ll turn it to sky Stone over bone But my spirit won’t die I won’t stay buried alive Hear that crack in the dirt as I rise If hell wants a home It can wait in line I’m coming back from the other side [Outro] [ringing chords Melodic twin-guitar line] Cold earth On my shoulders But my hands Reach fire If the world Wants me under It can watch Me climb higher

rock, Hybrid speed metal ballad: long, evolving twin-guitar intro that blooms from clean arpeggios into harmonized leads, then erupts into thrash gallop with sharp palm mutes and double-kick. Verses tense and half-time, chorus explodes with gang vocals and wide power chords. Middle break dives into a shred solo, then a soaring melodic lead; male vocals, gritty but melodic, ride above the chaos., speed metal, metal, hard rock, ballad, thrash metal

Buried Alive