[Intro — CLEAN / HAUNTED]
(soft piano, distant reverb guitars)
I’m still here…
I’m still breathing…
I’m not the same… but I’m alive.
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[Verse 1 — CLEAN / QUIET RESOLVE]
I walked through ashes, I walked through fire
Every step felt like a funeral pyre
But the smoke cleared and I saw my hands
Still holding the pieces of who I am
I’ve got scars that whisper my name
Tattoos of pain I will never rename
Every wound was a lesson I earned
Every scar was a truth I learned
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[Pre-Chorus — RISING / EMOTIONAL]
I don’t need forgiveness
I don’t need their chains
I don’t need heaven
I only need my name
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[Chorus — HUGE / CLEAN + SCREAM LAYER]
What survived is stronger than before
I’ve been broken but I’ve learned to soar
The darkness tried to swallow me whole
But it only carved fire into my soul
What survived still stands today
I’ve been lost, but I found my way
I’m scarred, I’m bruised, but I’m alive
And I will survive
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[Verse 2 — HEAVY / GRITTY]
The shadows scream, but I’ve learned their song
I’ve carried the weight for far too long
Every echo that haunted my mind
Is now a rhythm I leave behind
I don’t run from the storm or the rain
I don’t bow to sorrow or pain
I’ve stitched my heart back from the fall
Now I rise, and I’ve conquered all
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[Pre-Chorus 2 — GROWL UNDER CLEAN]
I was lost, I was burned
I was shattered, I returned
Every chain, every lie
I break tonight
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[Chorus — EXPANDED / MASSIVE]
What survived is stronger than before
I’ve been broken but I’ve learned to soar
The darkness tried to swallow me whole
But it only carved fire into my soul
What survived still stands today
I’ve been lost, but I found my way
I’m scarred, I’m bruised, but I’m alive
And I will survive
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[GUITAR SOLO — HEAVY / CINEMATIC]
(Cue: soaring lead with bends, tapping, and dissonant harmonics)
(Let it rise into a full crescendo — building into the drum solo)
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[DRUM SOLO — POWER / CHAOS]
(Cue: double kick, blast beats, tom rolls, cymbal crashes)
(Drums roar over fading guitar feedback, then drop into final chorus)
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[Final Chorus — ALL VOCALS, MASSIVE]
What survived is stronger than before
I’ve been broken but I’ve learned to soar
The darkness tried to swallow me whole
But it only carved fire into my soul
What survived still stands today
I’ve been lost, but I found my way
I’m scarred, I’m bruised, but I’m alive
And I will survive
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[Outro — CLEAN / WHISPER → FADE]
I’m not the same…
But I am me.
And I will survive.
