The ones who don't fold

[Clean guitar, slow groove. Tambourine. Slight western twang.]
[Female voice, raw and steady]
[Verse 1]
I’ve been down to my last damn dollar
Stared at a sunrise through a cracked windshield
Told the mirror, “Girl, just last a little longer”
And prayed the ache would turn into steel

[Add subtle kick drum. Male joins on low harmony]
I’ve stitched myself with vinyl thread
Slept in storms, but I ain’t drowned yet
Been the ghost, been the flame
Been the reason and the wreck
But I ain’t done… not just yet

[Build—slide guitar, bass, drums. Duet begins]
[Chorus]
We’re the ones who don’t fold
When the sky comes crashing
Bleed truth, burn slow
But our hearts stay thrashin’
We don’t beg, we don’t break
We bend like thunder in the rain
Yeah, we rise on the road
We’re the ones who don’t fold

[Soft drop back—guitar and piano only]
[Verse 2 – Male lead]
I carved my name in the silence of leaving
Left pieces of me in motel ashtrays
But there’s strength in the art of believing
When no one else sees the fight in your face

[Female harmony returns, rising energy]
You held the match when the fire went cold
You sang to the dark like a prayer you stole
And I heard it, love—I heard it clear
In every mile that brought me here

[Full band swell – violin joins]
[Bridge – Together]
We ain’t saints but we’re sacred still
Bruised but burnin’, climbin’ that hill
If the world says fold—
We raise, we deal
All in, all heart
All scars, all real

[Final Chorus – hit hard, then fade with power]
We’re the ones who don’t fold
When the lights go shatter
When the gold turns cold
And the voices scatter
We don’t run, we don’t fake
We ride lightning till it breaks
Yeah, we rise, we roll
We’re the ones who don’t fold

[Outro – Soft violin and acoustic guitar fade out]
We rise, we roll…
We don’t fold.

Metal Core country female and male