(Intro) (Guitar and bass guitar) (Verse 1) (Rap) Yo, I’m walking through a forest of glass and iron, Where every soul is a predator, a cage, a siren. They tell me, "Clench your teeth, kid, and sharpen your edge," While they’re pushing everybody off the side of the ledge. But the friction is a fiction, a trick of the light, They want me blind and bitter just to finish the fight. I see ‘em building up walls just to feel like they’re tall, While I’m the one reaching out to break the velocity’s fall. Yeah, it’s a "warzone"—that’s the lie that they sell, But I refuse to be another brick of ice in this hell. (Pre-Chorus) (The synths swell, the guitars open up into long, ringing chords.) I’m tired of the armor, I’m tired of the shield! I’m looking for the truth that the anger concealed! (Chorus (Explosive - Heavy Guitars)) I won't let the shadows turn my heart into stone! I’ll find a way to be the light that I’ve never been shown! In a world that’s screaming, I’ll be the calm! Kindness is the fire, and peace is the bomb! I’m staying cool! I’m staying kind! I’m leaving all the bitterness behind! (Verse 2 (Rap)) They equate the mercy with a sign of the weak, But it takes a different kind of power just to let the heart speak. It’s easy to be hollow, it’s easy to hate, It’s a lot harder holding up the heavy weight of the gate. So keep your "tough" act, keep your "cold-blooded" stare, I’m breathing in the grace while you’re gasping for air. It’s a quiet rebellion, it’s a shift in the tone, Building something real on a broken foundation of bone. (Maximum Intensity) (fast, nervous electronic pulse and a distorted, ringing metallic sound.) (Bridge) (Vocals are low, distorted, and panned hard left and right—whispered but aggressive) It’s a weight... (it’s a weight) Every time I choose to feel. It’s a break... (it’s a break) Against the grind of the wheel. They want the venom! They want the rage! They want the animal locked in the cage! (drums double-time build with synthesizer) (Vocals rising in pitch and volume) I’m staring at the edge of the dark tonight! I’m gripping onto everything I know is right! The pressure is rising, it’s pulling me down, But I’m NOT gonna wear your jagged crown! (The music stops for a micro-second—total silence.) (Full-on guttural scream, massive wall of distorted guitars and crashing cymbals) I REFUSE TO BE COLD! I REFUSE TO BE HOLLOW! THIS IS THE PATH THAT YOU’LL NEVER FOLLOW! KINDNESS IS STRENGTH! STRENGTH IS THE LIGHT! I’M NOT GIVING UP! I’M NOT LOSING THE FIGHT! (guitars transition into a rhythmic, chugging breakdown) (Chorus (Max Intensity)) I won't let the shadows turn my heart into stone! I’ll find a way to be the light that I’ve never been shown! In a world that’s screaming, I’ll be the calm! Kindness is the fire, and peace is the bomb! (Outro) (The heavy guitars stop abruptly. Back to the glitchy synth loop.) Staying cool... (Kindness is the spark...) Leaving it all behind. (Silence)

Peace is the Bomb