(2000s Rock Power Ballad) Verse 1 (soft, haunting) I reach out to you, I try… I fucking try And the gods know I do I swear I’m still alive I’m trying to tell you Trying to show you How empty I feel inside How meaningless I am to the world How fast I get cast aside Pre-Chorus (building) And I’m dying on the inside My soul is breaking My heart is crashing My brain is thrashing Every piece of me And the words keep echoing in my head Like a sledgehammer through the wall And the memories are drowning me And I can’t breathe at all ⸻ Chorus (big, emotional explosion) And I keep looking to you To guide me through I keep looking to you To guide me true You used to be my safe place Until I fell from your grace And now I’m laying lonely in this soft grave Reaching for you night and day To the gods I pray… Let him love me Let him hate me Let him leave me Just get me out of this purgatory Out of this in-between… Of love… or the grave ⸻ Verse 2 (drums come in, heavier) Every harsh word Every brutal slap of regret Still plays like a movie That I can’t forget And I’m screaming in silence But you don’t hear a sound I’m breaking in pieces While you just stand around Pre-Chorus 2 (more intense) And I’m choking on the truth That I’m nothing to you Just a shadow in the hallway That you walk right through And I hate how I need you But I don’t know how not to When the only light I ever trusted Was you ⸻ Chorus (repeat, louder) And I keep looking to you To guide me through I keep looking to you To guide me true You used to be my safe place Until I fell from your grace And now I’m laying lonely in this soft grave Reaching for you night and day To the gods I pray… Let him love me Let him hate me Let him leave me Just get me out of this purgatory Out of this in-between… Of love… or the grave ⸻ [SCREAM BREAKDOWN SECTION] (band drops to heavy guitars + drums) (vocal goes full scream) SCREAMING: (half-time, heavy guitars) I don’t want your mercy— I want the truth! I don’t want your silence— I want you! SCREAMING (gang vocals layered): I’M SO TIRED OF BLEEDING FOR SOMETHING THAT’S ALREADY DEAD! I’M SO TIRED OF PRAYING WHEN YOU WON’T EVEN LOOK AT ME! You don’t touch me… You don’t see me… You don’t feel me… SCREAMING (gang vocals layered): SO WHY WON’T YOU JUST FUCKING LEAVE?! (pause, soft vocals) Or love me… God… just love me… ⸻ Final Chorus (anthem, full band, huge ending) And I keep looking to you To guide me through I keep looking to you To guide me true You used to be my safe place Until I fell from your grace And now I’m laying lonely in this soft grave Reaching for you night and day To the gods I pray… Let him love me Let him hate me Let him leave me Just get me out of this purgatory Out of this in-between… Of love… (hold) Or the grave… ⸻ Outro (quiet, fading) I reach out to you… I try… I fucking try… But I don’t know if I’m praying… Or saying goodbye…

Purgatory 2