(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
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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
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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
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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
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[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…
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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…
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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…
