Pre-Chorus (rising, choir backing)
We didn’t ask for crowns or thrones
We just asked not to die alone
CHORUS (FULL SCREAM, divine cadence)
I CLIMBED OUT FROM THE GATES OF HELL
JUST TO BE PUSHED BACK IN
NOT JUST ME —
ALL OF US BLEEDING, ALL OF US BENT
WE THOUGHT ESCAPE MEANT MERCY
PLOT TWIST — IT MEANT PROOF
THE FIRE DON’T PICK FAVORITES
IT TESTS THE WHOLE GROUP
Verse 2 (call-and-response feel, scream jazz swing)
We watched the strong get tired
Watched the kind get mean
Watched faith turn quiet
In places it should scream
They call us stubborn, call us lost
Call survival a flaw
But they never paid the cost
To still stand after the law
We share bread, share pain
Share stories nobody hears
If heaven got a waiting room
It’s built from our tears
Bridge (spoken, divine noir)
I thought the angel came to save us…
White light, steady tone
He said, “You will win.”
But never said
“You’ll go home.”
OOOOOO! oOoOoOooooo
CHORUS 2 (higher scream, choir layered)
I THOUGHT THE ANGEL WAS THERE TO HELP
BUT HE SPOKE LIKE A JUDGE
HE SAID WE’D WIN —
NOT THAT THE ROAD WOULD SHOW US LOVE
EVERY PRAYER GOT SHARED
EVERY BURDEN SPLIT
IF THIS IS TRIAL BY FIRE
THEN THE HERD SURVIVED THIS SHIT
Verse 3 (slow, blues scream, sacred exhaustion)
We ain’t saints
We ain’t cursed
Just the ones who carried first
Every scar a testimony
Every breath a borrowed loan
We held the line when hope went quiet
So others wouldn’t stand alone
They say “why you still marching?”
When the war won’t end
Because quitting kills the many
Even if it saves a friend
Breakdown (gang vocals, ritualistic)
OUT OF HELL —
— TOGETHER
BACK INTO FIRE —
— TOGETHER
IF THIS IS GOD’S WILL
THEN WE WALK IT AS ONE BODY
FINAL CHORUS (MAX SCREAM, divine weight)
THIS IS LIFE — FINAL PLOT TWIST
WE WERE NEVER MEANT TO ESCAPE
WE WERE MEANT TO ENDURE
TO CARRY EACH OTHER THROUGH THE FLAMES
I CLIMBED OUT BURNING, BROKEN, ALIVE
JUST TO BE THROWN BACK IN —
NOT AS PUNISHMENT, BUT DESIGN
IF WINNING MEANS WE STILL STAND
THEN WE WON WITH BLOODIED HANDS
THE HERD DIDN’T BREAK —
WE BECAME THE ALTAR
Outro (choir fading, whispered scream)
We are not saved yet…
But we are still here.
And that counts as holy
OOOOOOOOOOoooooooOoOoOoOoOoOooooooo
SoviSilentHyena
