Raining On My Parade

[Verse 1]
Black sky
Here we go again
Steel boots in a puddle of yesterday
Every time I start to feel the sun
Someone pulls the plug
Turns day to gray
[Pre-Chorus]
I build it up
They tear it down
Same old script
Different name
Same sound
Teeth on edge
Taste of rust
I’m done choking on their dust
[Chorus]
Why is someone always raining on my parade?
Every step I take
They’re dragging out the blade
I won’t drown inside the storm they made
Why is someone always raining on my parade?
[Verse 2]
Backstage in my own damn life
They shove me from the center of the frame
Laugh it off
Say I’m overcharged
But they’re the ones feeding off the flame
[Pre-Chorus]
I bite my tongue till it splits
Now the blood spells out I’m sick of this
Thick dark sky
Heavy head
I’m not lying down
I’m seeing red
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
Let it crack
Let it break
Hear that thunder in my veins
I’m awake
Let it pour
Let it flood
I’ll carve my name in the rising mud
[Chorus]

metal, 90s metal with a chug-heavy mid-tempo groove, drop-tuned guitars palm-muted on the verses and exploding into open power chords on the hook. Male vocals that shift from gritty melodic lines to a sharp, barked shout on key phrases. Wide, reverb-soaked lead guitar answers the vocals between lines; tom-heavy drums drive the pre-chorus, then a straight double-time kick lifts the chorus. Brief shreddy solo after second chorus, ending on a gang-vocal outro.