Weight On His Shoulders

[Verse 1]
Alarm at four
Coffee burns his tongue again
Steel-toe boots
By the door where toys are stacked
Kisses foreheads
Tiptoes past the laundry piles
Phone lights up
Baby took his first step
He missed that
[Chorus]
Weight on his shoulders
He lifts it anyway
Hands cracked and colder
Still he bows his head to pray
Building a life from overtime and scars
Family man
Carrying the stars
[Verse 2]
Clock on the wall
Moves slow then it sprints at five
He fights the road
Traffic like a rusted chain
Birthday cake
Half melted on the passenger seat
He walks in late
Candles gone
But they scream his name
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
He wonders
"Will they know what this cost?"
Late nights
Every memory he’s lost
Tiny arms
Around his neck at the door
"Don’t be gone so long"
He swears he’ll make it count more
[Chorus]

rock, Modern metal-influenced hard rock with down-tuned electric guitars, driving double-kick groove, and gritty male vocals. Verses stay tight and tense with palm-muted chugs and bass locked to the kick; chorus explodes wide with open chords, gang shouts, and a soaring lead line shadowing the hook. Bridge drops to half-time with a melodic guitar lead, then slams back into the final chorus with stacked harmonies and a long vocal sustain., electric, metal