Don't Stop Breathing

[Verse 1]
Clock on the wall keeps laughing at me
Same stained ceiling
Same old ceiling thoughts
Every little failure etched in my teeth
Chewing on the words that say I'm lost
Tiny little voices digging for a vein
Calling me a burden
A waste
A lie
Shaking in the dark
Gripping at the frame
Staring down the window
Daring the sky
[Pre-Chorus]
They say "jump" and they say "quit"
I taste rust
I clench my fists
One more lie they won't be stealing
I bite back
I start screaming
[Chorus]
Don't stop breathing
Even when your hands keep shaking
Don't stop breathing
Even when your heart feels vacant
I know the shadows circle tight
But I won't end myself tonight
Don't stop
Don't stop
Don't stop breathing
[Verse 2]
Mirror on the door shows a ghost in my place
Blue-black circles
Eyes drained dry
Every stupid memory screaming in my face
Playing every moment I didn't even try
They write my name like it's already a stone
Whisper "no one cares if you disappear"
I press my nails until I hit bone
One more second
I keep myself here
[Pre-Chorus]
They say "fall
You've got no worth"
I taste dust
I own this hurt
If I'm broken
I'm still bleeding
If I'm bleeding
I'm still breathing (yeah)
[Chorus]
Don't stop breathing
Even when your chest feels heavy
Don't stop breathing
Even when your pulse comes unsteady
I hear the darkness dare me twice
But I won't pay that final price
Don't stop
Don't stop
Don't stop breathing
[Bridge]
[Half-time
Drums thunder
Guitar feedback]
I'm not your victim
I'm not your prize
You don't get my body
You don't get my life
You can claw my mind
Till I'm raw and weak
But you don't get tonight
You don't get this heartbeat (hey!)
[Chorus]
Don't stop breathing
Even when your hope is bleeding
Don't stop breathing
Every drag of air's worth keeping
I feel the poison in my mind
But I hold the line tonight
Don't stop
Don't stop
Don't stop breathing
[Chorus]
Don't stop breathing
Say it till the doubt starts breaking
Don't stop breathing
Every broken soul is sacred
I hear the darkness bark and bite
But it doesn't own my life
Don't stop
Don't stop
Don't stop breathing
(I won't end myself tonight)
Don't stop breathing

rock, 80s hard rock anthem with male vocals, saturated guitars in dropped tuning, big gated snares, and a grinding mid-tempo groove. Verses stay tense with palm-muted riffs and bass stalking the root; pre-chorus climbs with toms and open chords; chorus explodes into wide power chords, stacked gang vocals, and sustained lead guitar bends. Bridge pulls back to half-time drums and a melodic solo that swells into a final, defiant chorus., hard rock