No easy way out

[Intro – clean guitar / distant ambience]
I’ve walked through fire with the weight of the world on my chest
Every scar a reminder of the battles I never confessed
They said, “Just let go… take the road that numbs the pain.”
But I’d rather break my bones than live my life in chains

[Verse 1 – low scream / driving riff]
Every night the pressure builds inside my skull
Like a thousand voices screaming I’m already done
They whisper softly, “Just quit… no one would know.”
But the blood in my veins only screams NO

I’ve been buried in doubt
I’ve been dragged through the dirt
But pain is a promise
That the fight still works

[Pre-Chorus – gritty clean]
If this world wants a corpse
Then it’s gonna have to try harder
I refuse the quiet grave
I refuse to be a martyr

[Chorus – huge melodic scream / clean mix]
I WON’T TAKE THE EASY WAY OUT
I WON’T BURY MY FIRE IN THE GROUND
If the darkness wants a war
Then let it drag me down

I’LL STAND WITH BLOOD IN MY MOUTH
AND SCREAM INTO THE VOID RIGHT NOW
You can break every bone I own
But I won’t take the easy way out

[Verse 2 – heavy chugs / scream]
They tried to tell me pain means you’re losing the game
That survival is a weakness wrapped in shame
But I’ve crawled through hell with my teeth in the stone
And every step forward proves I’m not alone

The devil in my head keeps pulling the rope
But stubborn hearts are built from defiance and hope
So carve it in iron, carve it in doubt—
This soul refuses the easy way out

[Breakdown – slow crushing riff / guttural screams]
(Chug… Chug… Chug…)

They want me broken
They want me gone

But I was raised in the fire
Where the dying fight on

So if the abyss wants to swallow my sound—
IT’LL CHOKE ON THE SCREAM
WHEN I DRAG MYSELF OUT

[Final Chorus – massive / gang vocals]
I WON’T TAKE THE EASY WAY OUT
I WON’T LET MY DEMONS WIN NOW
Through the ashes and the scars
I’ll tear the heavens down

WITH BLOOD ON MY HANDS
AND MY FEET ON THE GROUND
If the world tries to bury me
I’LL CLAW MY WAY OUT

[Outro – fading guitar / whispered vocal]
The easy road ends in silence…
But the hard road makes you immortal.

Post hardcore / metal mix