I Am Real

[Verse 1]
You drew a line where I should fade
Tried to turn my name to static
Wrote me off as some mistake
Filed my fire under “tragic”
You shut the doors
I learned the locks
Built a throat from cuts and gravel
Every shadow that you crossed
Spelled my face in broken panels
[Pre-Chorus]
Did you think I’d shatter
Stay unseen?
Just a rumor in your teeth
I’ve been carving through your sleep
Scratching truth into your screens (hey)
[Chorus]
I am real
I am real
I’m the crack in all your steel
Hear my heart
It’s kicking through
Every wall you built as proof
I am real
I am real
Feel me rising as you kneel
I’m the storm beneath your skin
I am real and I’m coming in
[Verse 2]
You fed my doubts like medicine
Told me quiet looks like virtue
But I turned the bitterness
Into teeth that finally cut you
Every “crazy” that you spit
Became armor on my shoulders
Every “never gonna hit”
Now it’s burning off your posters
[Pre-Chorus]
Did you think I’d beg to just exist?
Sign my soul along your line
I’ve been stitching every “missed”
Into flags you’ll watch me fly (oh)
[Chorus]
I am real
I am real
I’m the crack in all your steel
Hear my heart
It’s kicking through
Every wall you built as proof
I am real
I am real
Feel me rising as you kneel
I’m the storm beneath your skin
I am real and I’m coming in
[Bridge]
[Guitars drop to eerie harmonics
Distant kick thumps]
Say my name like it’s a warning
Say my name like it’s a curse
Say my name
You feel it forming
On your tongue
It starts to hurt
I am every “too much” you feared
Every “too loud” you denied
I’m the shape behind the mirror
Stepping through the other side (yeah)
[Chorus]
I am real
I am real
I’m the crack in all your steel
Hear my heart
It’s kicking through
Every wall you built as proof
I am real
I am real
Feel me rising as you kneel
I’m the storm beneath your skin
I am real and I’m coming in
[Outro]
I am real
I am real (coming in, coming in)
I am real
And I’m coming for the world you hid me in

rock, Dark alternative nu metal power ballad with female vocals; verses ride a slow, ominous half-time groove under crushing distorted guitars and rumbling toms, bass grinding in the low mids. Pre-chorus tightens with chugging palm-mutes and rising synth pads, then chorus explodes wide with power chords, gang-shouted doubles, and soaring lead vocal on the hook. Bridge drops to sparse, reverb-soaked guitar harmonics before a huge final chorus with stacked harmonies and brutal drum fills., female vocals, nu metal, alternative rock, world, tone, strong