Alarm in the dark.
Body moves on command.
Another day wearing
A face that can stand.
No cracks in the surface.
No sign of the strain.
Just swallowing thunder
And calling it “okay.”
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Pre-Chorus (snare building)
It would be easy
To drop the weight.
Easy to stop
Negotiating fate.
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Chorus (FULL BAND — distorted guitars, driving drums)
Should I keep fighting
When the fight’s all I know?
When the dark feels honest
And the daylight’s for show?
Should I keep fighting
Through the noise in my head?
When it whispers so softly
“You’d be better off dead.”
But I see their faces —
And I can’t let go.
So the heart keeps swinging
Even moving slow.
Should I keep fighting?
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Verse 2 (drop to acoustic but heavier picking)
Focus collapses.
Thoughts misfire.
Every small task
Feels wired to a wire.
Laugh in the right place.
Say the right line.
Carry the weight
Like it isn’t mine.
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Pre-Chorus (harder, louder)
The night says “rest.”
The night says “peace.”
The night says “you don’t have to keep
Doing this.”
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Chorus (bigger — backing vocals shout the hook)
Should I keep fighting
When I’m running on empty?
When the air feels thinner
And the silence tempts me?
Should I keep breathing
For birthdays and calls?
For the sound of their voices
If this body falls?
The thought of their breaking
Breaks me more.
So I stand in the fire
At the door.
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Bridge (strip back — acoustic + raw vocal)
Not brave.
Not strong.
Just scared
Of being wrong.
Scared of the silence
Left behind.
Scared of the echo
In their minds.
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Final Chorus (half-time, huge — guitars ring out)
Should I keep fighting?
Maybe just tonight.
Not for glory.
Not for light.
Just because love
Outweighs the fall.
So the lungs pull air
Through it all.
Should I keep fighting?
