Between Peace and Panic

[Verse 1]
Got a war drum
In my rib cage
But my hands stay still
Like I’m turned to stone
Inner riot
On a silk road mind
Breathing like a bomb
Trying not to go off
[Chorus]
I’m caught between peace and panic
On a tightrope over static thoughts
Half of me wants quiet, half manic
I hold my breath and walk it off
Between peace and panic
I’m a storm that almost stops
If I fall into the madness
Will I make it back or drop
[Verse 2]
Teeth grit hard
But my voice stays low
Every shadow talks
But I tell it “no”
Halo crooked
Over bloody knuckles
I’m a calm face
Hiding fault-line trouble
[Chorus]
I’m caught between peace and panic
On a tightrope over static thoughts
Half of me wants quiet, half manic
I hold my breath and walk it off
Between peace and panic
I’m a storm that almost stops
If I fall into the madness
Will I make it back or drop
[Bridge]
[Beat drops, guitars chug in stutters]
Head loud, head loud (head loud)
Heart mute, heart mute (heart mute)
Angel in the corner
Devil in a three-piece suit
“Stand still, stand still”
“Burn through, burn through”
Both hands on my chest
Like, which one of you is true
[Chorus]
I’m caught between peace and panic
On a tightrope over static thoughts
Half of me wants quiet, half manic
I hold my breath and walk it off
[Chorus]
(So soft now)
Between peace and panic
Just a whisper in the dark
If I fall into the madness
Would you hold my fading spark
Between peace and panic
Let me rest in this half-light
Till the noise turns into nothing
And I drift out of the fight

rap, Metal-trap hybrid with distorted guitars locking to a trap kit and huge synth bass in the verses, male vocals snarling in a tight, staccato flow. Choruses flip to soaring melodic topline over widened chords and half-time drums, with gang shouts tucked low. Bridge dives into a breakdown: chugs, 808 glides, glitchy stops, then everything strips back for a soft, reverb-drenched final chorus that gradually fades to almost a cappella., soft, metal