The darkness inside

INTRO (whisper → scream)

(spoken, distant)

I tried to drown the ache…

But the thirst never died.

(SCREAM)

I WAS NEVER MEANT TO LIVE LIKE THIS—

VERSE 1 (screamed)

Darkness carved its name in my chest

I let it in, I let it rest

Hope rotted out behind my eyes

I learned how to breathe in lies

Crushed pills, white dust on my tongue

Vodka burn, I’m fucking numb

Veins on fire, soul on loan

I traded God for skin and bone

I spat at heaven, kissed the floor

Built my throne in hell once more

I didn’t fall—I FUCKING DOVE

Into the grave I claimed as home

PRE-CHORUS (screamed, rhythmic)

I can’t feel

I can’t see

I don’t know

WHAT’S LEFT OF ME

Every high just digs the hole

DEEPER—DEEPER—IN MY SOUL

CHORUS (clean + scream layered)

(clean)

I was dying just to feel alive

Choking on the thirst inside

(scream)

I DRANK THE NIGHT

I FED THE FLAME

I LOST MYSELF

I LOST MY NAME

(clean)

I begged for death, I begged for peace

But the darkness never set me free

(scream)

THIS THIRST

WAS

KILLING

ME

VERSE 2 (screamed, faster)

No mirror knew the man I was

Just shattered glass and chemical buzz

Bible closed, truth ignored

I crowned my sin, I swung the sword

I slept with demons, woke in chains

Called it living, called it gain

I didn’t care if hell was real

I WAS ALREADY HOWLING IN IT

Alone—but never by myself

Surrounded by the ghost of self

I carved my name into despair

Forgot my face, forgot I cared

BREAKDOWN 1 (LOW GUTTURAL SCREAMS)

I

WANTED

TO

DIE

BUT DEATH

WOULDN’T

TAKE

ME

SO I LAID

IN THE DIRT

AND SCREAMED

AT THE SKY

BRIDGE (drop → spoken)

(spoken, shaking)

I had no prayers left.

No words.

Just breath…

And broken sounds.

VERSE 3 – THE ENCOUNTER (half-scream / half-clean)

(scream)

And then—

IN THE RUINS OF ME

(clean)

No thunder, no fire, no blame

Just mercy speaking my name

(scream)

HE KNEELED

IN MY FILTH

DIDN’T TURN

DIDN’T FLINCH

(clean)

Saw every sin, every scar

Still said, “You’re not too far.”

(scream)

I SHOOK

I WEPT

I COULDN’T LOOK

BUT HE TOUCHED

WHAT THE WORLD

OVERLOOKED

CHORUS 2 (bigger, more emotional)

(clean)

I was dying just to feel alive

Bleeding out from the inside

(scream)

I CHASED THE DARK

I WORSHIPPED PAIN

BUT HE STEPPED IN

AND TOOK MY PLACE

(clean)

I begged for death, I begged for peace

But LOVE WAS WHAT CAME AFTER ME

(scream)

THIS THIRST

MET

A CROSS

BREAKDOWN 2 (HEAVIEST PART)

(chant-style screams)

BREAK

THE

PIPE

BREAK

THE

CHAIN

BURIED

THE

OLD

NAME

I DIED

RIGHT THERE

ON THE FLOOR

BUT I WON’T

STAY

DEAD

ANYMORE

VERSE 4 – RESURRECTION (clean building to scream)

(clean)

He pulled me up from the pit

No speeches, no counterfeit

Just whispered life into my lungs

Said, “Son, your war’s not done.”

(scream)

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