[Verse 1-Fingerpicked acoustic guitar, distant dobro, soft kick drum, low cello slowly fades in.]
Every sunrise feels like bad news waiting,
Coffee’s cold, but my mind keeps racing.
Blue lights living in the back of my head,
Sleeping beside every word that’s unsaid.
One warrant hanging like a noose in the breeze,
Another one’s coming… brings me to my knees.
I keep telling myself, “Just make it through,”
But every tomorrow feels harder to do.
[Pre-Chorus-Bass enters. Floor tom heartbeat. Steel guitar echoes.]
How much weight can one soul drag…
Before the wheels finally leave the track?
[Chorus-Full band enters. Electric guitar swells. Strong drums. Emotional female vocal with grit.]
I’m one step closer to walking away,
Watching my whole damn world decay.
Love burned out like a roadside flare,
Nobody’s left who can meet me there.
I’m holding on with bloody hands,
Trying to outrun shifting sands.
If hope’s still breathing…
It forgot my name.
I’m still standing…
But I ain’t the same.
[Verse 2 -Pull back to acoustic and piano. Harmonica in the distance.]
Mama’s fighting battles nobody should fight,
Cancer stealing pieces one long night.
Now her kidneys are waving a white flag too,
Lord… what am I supposed to do?
The phone keeps ringing with more bad news,
Every choice feels like another thing to lose.
I’m so damn tired of being strong,
I’ve carried this storm for far too long.
[Verse 3-Low acoustic guitar, steady snare with brushes, haunting fiddle joins in. Vocal starts quiet and gradually grows with emotion.]
I keep counting cracks running through these walls,
Wondering which one finally lets it all fall.
Bills on the table, dust on my dreams,
Nothing’s ever quite as simple as it seems.
Still I lace these boots and face another day,
Even when every reason tells me walk away.
If I’m gonna break, I’ll break standing tall…
I’ve survived every storm that’s tried to watch me fall.
[Build-Up (Before Final Chorus)Drums begin to build. Electric guitar swells with sustained notes. Harmony vocals slowly enter, creating anticipation.]
Maybe life ain’t trying to save me…
Maybe it’s just teaching me to fight.
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[Bridge-Music: Piano and strings only. Vocals intimate, almost whispered.]
People always tell you,
“Everything happens for a reason…”
Funny how they disappear
When you’re the one bleeding.
I’m not asking life to be easy
Just give me one damn day
Where nothing falls apart.
[Final Chorus-Music:]Biggest moment. Electric guitar solo underneath final lines. Full harmonies.
I’m one step closer to letting go,
Of fighting battles nobody knows.
Trying to breathe through another night,
Searching the dark for a little light.
Maybe tomorrow won’t hurt this bad…
Maybe these scars are all I’ll have.
Till then I’ll carry this broken soul…
One shaking step…
Down this lonely road.
[Outro-Music: Acoustic guitar alone. Rain ambience. Soft piano ending.
If I disappear beneath this sky…
Tell Mama…
I never stopped trying…
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