Title: Everything I Am (For You)
Style: Progressive Metalcore / Spiritbox-inspired
Tempo: ~140 BPM (switching between half-time heavy and full-time driving sections)
Tuning: Drop G or Drop F# for massive low-end
Mood: Beautifully destructive, melancholic yet powerful
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(Intro – Clean & Haunting)
(Reverb-drenched guitar arpeggios with distant synth pads, ghostly whispers of the chorus melody)
Vocal (clean, breathy):
“Too tired to fight… but I won’t give in…”
(Kick drum slowly fades in like a heartbeat.)
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(Verse 1 – Low & Heavy, Screamed/Guttural)
“Too tired to fight! / Too stubborn to fall!
I drag my feet through this endless crawl.
Numb inside, with a crooked smile —
Crossfaded nights make it quiet for a while!”
(Chugs + ambient lead guitar behind the chaos.)
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(Pre-Chorus – Clean Vocals, soaring but tense)
“I burn just to forget,
I burn to ease the weight.
The world won’t let me breathe —
but I carry all your names…”
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(Chorus – Clean soaring vocal, massive guitars under)
“Every step hurts but I move for you!
Though the air grows thin, I’ll push on through.
My life’s not mine, it’s what I choose —
Everything I am… everything I do… is for you.”
(Big open chords + melodic lead guitar, bass drops under.)
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(Verse 2 – Screamed, even heavier)
“The past claws my back! / It won’t let go!
I run but still feel the undertow!
Buried my blood, lost my friends,
Tears carved rivers I can’t defend!”
(Drums go blastbeat into syncopated breakdown.)
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(Pre-Chorus – clean & screamed layered)
“I tried to stand tall / but the weight crushed me down!
Still I rise / with your ghosts all around…”
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(Chorus – Full band, layered harmonies)
“Every step hurts but I move for you!
Though the air grows thin, I’ll push on through.
My life’s not mine, it’s what I choose —
Everything I am… everything I do… is for you.”
(Add choir-like backing vocals here for drama.)
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(Bridge – Breakdown / Guttural)
(Drop-tuned chugs, glitching synths, low growls)
“Praying you see me! / Praying you’re proud!
Carrying your memory, screaming out loud!
My veins run hollow, but my heart still bleeds —
I’ll crawl through the fire on shattered knees!”
(Massive bass drop + pause.)
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(Ambient Break – Clean Vocal + Reverb Guitar)
“I’m too tired to fight… but I won’t give in…”
(Clean chorus melody plays quietly while drums build back in.)
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(Final Chorus – Clean + Screamed overlay, full intensity)
“Every step hurts but I move for you!
Though the air grows thin, I’ll push on through.
My life’s not mine, it’s what I choose —
Everything I am… everything I do… is for you!”
(Last line screamed with gutturals under the clean vocal.)
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(Outro – Fading ambient guitar, whispered vocal)
“For you… everything for you…”
(Ends on one massive low chord ringing out into silence.)
ReapEternal
