Intro – clean guitar, distant piano, low ambient swell
(whispered)
I remember the weight…
I remember the silence…
But I’m still here…
Verse 1 – soft, aching
I carried shadows no one could see
Buried the pain so it wouldn’t bury me
Smiled through fractures, learned how to pretend
But the cracks in my soul wouldn’t ever mend
Every word cut deeper than the last
Echoes of a broken past
I wore the scars like chains on my skin
Fighting a war I could never win
Pre-Chorus – rising tension
But somewhere in the wreckage of me
A whisper called from underneath…
Chorus – powerful, emotional, distorted guitars swell
I won’t stay buried in the hurt I’ve known
Won’t build my life from broken bones
Through the ashes, through the flame
I’m not who I was in all that pain
I feel it rise… a light in me
Breaking chains I couldn’t see
From the darkness, I reclaim
Hope is calling out my name
Verse 2 – building intensity
I traced the wounds back to their start
Every fracture mapped across my heart
But healing don’t come from running away
It’s facing the night and choosing to stay
I stood where fear had made its home
But I refused to die alone
Every tear became a spark
Lighting fires inside the dark
Pre-Chorus – stronger, defiant
And now that whisper turns to sound
A heartbeat rising from the ground…
Chorus – bigger, layered vocals
I won’t stay buried in the hurt I’ve known
Won’t build my life from broken bones
Through the ashes, through the flame
I’m not who I was in all that pain
I feel it rise… a light in me
Breaking chains I couldn’t see
From the darkness, I reclaim
Hope is calling out my name
Bridge – stripped, haunting → explosive
(soft, almost spoken)
You tried to write my ending in the dark…
But you forgot…
I was built to survive the fire…
(clean guitar picking)
Every scar is proof I made it through
Every breath, a chance to start anew
(heavy drop, screamed backing vocals underneath clean lead)
I AM NOT THE PAIN YOU LEFT IN ME
I AM MORE THAN WHAT I USED TO BE
Breakdown – heavy, rhythmic, chugging guitars
Let it burn — what held me down
Let it fall — I’m rising now
No more chains, no more lies
I see hope through open eyes
Final Chorus – soaring, anthemic
I won’t stay buried in the hurt I’ve known
Won’t build my life from broken bones
Through the ashes, through the flame
I’ve become more than my pain
I feel it rise… a light in me
Finally I can breathe
From the darkness, I reclaim
Hope was never far away
Outro – fading clean guitar, soft vocal
(quiet)
I remember the hurt…
But it don’t own me now…
Through the ashes…
I rise…
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