Intro (Instrumental – 8 bars)
(Low strings swell, distant industrial ambience, slow tom hits building tension. Guitar harmonics fade in.)
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Verse I
Cold streets biting at my heels
Iron skies refuse to yield
No warmth, no shield, no grace
The sun entombed in steel and glass
Hands split open, bleeding dust
Every promise rots to rust
Dreams ignite, then drift away
Ash and smoke is all that stays
(Vocals restrained but dark, guitars palm-muted, strings low and ominous)
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Pre-Chorus
Every step weighs heavier
Gravel grinding in my veins
Dragging ghosts I can’t escape
This city feeds on pain
(Drums begin to rise, strings climbing, tension building)
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Chorus
Shadows and scars — we wear them like chains
Bent but unbroken, branded by pain
We scream into voids that answer with rain
Buried alive — but we remain
(Full band explodes: wide guitars, pounding drums, choir or backing vocals on “wear them like chains”)
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Verse II
Concrete forests, no escape
Neon halos rot the faith
Faceless crowds with hollow eyes
Hope dissolves in fumes and lies
Silent prayers beneath dead lights
Torn-out hearts survive the nights
Fists clenched tight, knuckles white
Waiting for the spark to fight
(Slight variation in riff, added orchestral counter-melody)
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Pre-Chorus
Every breath another debt
Paid in blood and sleepless days
Still we crawl through broken glass
Still we stand in flames
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Chorus
Shadows and scars — we wear them like chains
Bound to the weight of endless pain
Voices shatter but never break
We bleed truth — not ashamed
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Bridge / Breakdown
(Music drops: strings dominate, slow crushing rhythm)
Rust in our lungs
Fire in our bones
They built these walls
But we made them thrones
(Half-time drums, spoken or growled vocals)
They tried to grind us into dust
But dust still burns…
When forged by trust
(Guitar solo erupts over rising orchestration)
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Final Chorus (Extended)
Shadows and scars — we wear them like chains
Forged in the dark, baptized in pain
No gods above, no hands to save
We carve our names into the flame
Shadows and scars — WE WEAR THEM LIKE CHAINS
Still breathing rage — still unchained
(Last line shouted with layered vocals)
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Outro
(Instruments drop out gradually; low strings sustain)
Cold streets still bite my heels…
But I walk them anyway.
(Final distorted chord + orchestral hit)
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