The Creed

(Intro - Heavy, Distorted Guitar Riff with a simple, driving drum beat)

(Verse 1)

I've got the dirt of the street on my worn-out shoes

Just a common face, nothing left to lose

But there's a fire in my belly, a restless, burning core

An uncommon desire knocking at my door

Gotta keep the spine straight, gotta keep the mind clean

Strong and awake for the things I haven't seen

(Chorus - More melodic, but with powerful, layered guitars and drums)

I'm not too proud to bend and call for the hand

I belong to the tribe, I don't struggle alone in the sand

Yeah, they tried to bury me with the weight of the past

But those failures don't define who I'm built to last

When the world knocks me down, I'm getting back up for the fight

I will finish strong, walking into the light

(Verse 2)

I look around the room, I expect to lead the charge

But when the silence hits, I'm ready to follow large

And in the empty space where the leaders have all fled

I take the reins myself, the words that must be said

No room for the shadows of yesterday's regret

Just the open road and the bills I haven't met

(Chorus - More melodic, but with powerful, layered guitars and drums)

I'm not too proud to bend and call for the hand

I belong to the tribe, I don't struggle alone in the sand

Yeah, they tried to bury me with the weight of the past

But those failures don't define who I'm built to last

When the world knocks me down, I'm getting back up for the fight

I will finish strong, walking into the light

(Bridge - Tempo slows slightly, bass line becomes prominent, vocals become more intimate/spoken-word style)

They say a legacy is built on stone and gold

But mine's in the quiet stories, the hands I hold

Devotion to the blood, the faithfulness to the One

That's the chapter that's written when the whole thing is done

I will be remembered for the promises I kept

For every single time that I got up and I stepped

(Guitar Solo - Builds intensity from a clean, slightly delayed melody to a screaming, fast passage, then drops back to the main rhythm)

(Chorus - Full-out, anthemic, all instruments)

I'm not too proud to bend and call for the hand

I belong to the tribe, I don't struggle alone in the sand

Yeah, they tried to bury me with the weight of the past

But those failures don't define who I'm built to last

When the world knocks me down, I'm getting back up for the fight

I will finish strong, walking into the light

(Outro - Repeated, fading chorus line over heavy, distorted, dropping guitar chords)

I will finish strong...

Yeah, I will finish strong!

(Drum hit, final sustained, feedback-heavy guitar chord fades out)