

Prompt / Lyrics
Intro – CLEAN (low, controlled | melody drops) They said I’d end up just like him Dead before I ever lived ⸻ Verse 1 – SCREAM (tight, rhythmic | melody flat/low) Bullied kid with the weight of names Pressed in deep, engraved in shame Every stare said I didn’t fit Like I was wrong just breathing in My father wore his sins in chains Courtroom lies, cellblock pain They said I’d rot the same damn way Like blood decides who I become ⸻ Pre-Chorus – CLEAN (melody rising) You hear it long enough It sounds like truth Every word a loaded gun Aimed straight at you ⸻ Chorus – CLEAN ONLY (BIG, ANTHEMIC | melody peaks) I tied a rope to a shower pole Thought that was the end of me Stepped off the edge, let the silence choke On everything they said I’d be But the pole broke, I hit the floor Still breathing, still at war If I’m alive it wasn’t chance Something screamed not anymore ⸻ Post-Chorus – CLEAN (short hook | melody drop) Not Any More ⸻ Verse 2 – SCREAM (faster cadence | percussive) Tried to live like surviving was enough Pain don’t care, it calls your bluff Found love dressed in sharpened teeth Stayed too long, it hollowed me Smiles cut deep like broken glass Slow decay behind the mask I wasn’t bleeding where you’d see But I was losing parts of me ⸻ Pre-Chorus 2 – CLEAN (build with grit) I stayed thinking I deserved it Like love had to hurt to stay I learned how to disappear Just to keep the peace another day ⸻ Chorus – CLEAN ONLY (same melody, heavier backing) I tied my heart to broken hands Let ‘em drag me through the dirt Every promise pulled the trigger Every touch just made it hurt The pole broke, I didn’t heal I just learned how pain feels Didn’t die, didn’t win Just survived the skin I’m in ⸻ Bridge – CLEAN (half-time feel | emotional peak) Now there’s a heartbeat on the way And fear won’t leave my chest What if she hears the same damn lies That never let me rest What if the world breaks her down Like it tried to do to me What if I pass this damage on Like some sick legacy ⸻ Breakdown – SCREAM ONLY (open space | brutal emphasis) NO I KNOW THAT DARKNESS I’VE LIVED INSIDE I KNOW DESPAIR I KNOW ITS SHAPE IF PAIN COMES KNOCKING AT HER DOOR IT’S GOING THROUGH ME FIRST I SWEAR ⸻ Final Chorus – CLEAN ONLY (BIGGEST, GANG-VOCAL READY) The pole broke but I stayed alive Out of spite, out of rage I bled so she won’t have to I learned the cost, I paid the pain If the world ever lies to her I’ll burn it down, look it in the face The pole broke, this ends with me This bloodline’s finally safe ⸻ Outro – CLEAN (soft, resolved | melody descends) I’m not my past I’m not that night I’m the man who chose to fight For love For life For her ⸻ Ending Tag – SCREAM (last hit, optional) THIS ENDS WITH ME
Tags
Modern metalcore with huge clean anthemic choruses, raw screamed verses, emotional weight
4:19
No
1/21/2026