Venom In My Veins

[Intro]
[solo violin
Bare
Fragile]
[low strings creep in under the last note]
[Verse 1]
Something is wrong
Venom in my veins
Words taste like iron
When I say your name
Shadows at dawn
Curl under my eyes
Faith on a matchstick
Fighting the night
[Chorus]
Still standing strong
With this poison in my blood (oh)
Storm in my lungs
But I will not give up
Scars like a crown
On this shaking
Stubborn frame
Still standing strong
Venom burning through my veins
[Verse 2]
Glass on the floor
Picture face-down
Love turned to shrapnel
Buried in this house
I talk to the dark
Like it answers back
Every old promise
Stacked like ash
[Chorus]
Still standing strong
With this poison in my blood
Storm in my lungs
But I will not give up
Thunder can roar
Let it call me by my name
Still standing strong
Venom burning through my veins
[Bridge]
If this is the price
For one last truth
Let it take my sleep
Not my proof
If I fall tonight
Let it be in flames
But carve on the stone
I stayed in the game (yeah)
[Chorus]
Still standing strong
With this poison in my blood
Storm in my lungs
But I will not give up
Heart beating wrong
Out of rhythm
Out of range
Still standing strong
Venom burning through my veins
[Outro]
[violin returns
Echoing the chorus melody]
I’m still here
Still here
Still standing strong

rock, Orchestral rock ballad. Stark solo violin intro in a high register over sparse piano; then gravel-deep male vocals enter. First verse sits intimate with low strings and brushed toms, then chorus swells with full orchestra, distorted guitars, timpani hits, and choir pads. Bridge pulls everything back to violin and voice before a final, towering chorus with cymbal swells and ringing guitar chords., strong, ballad, male vocals, orchestral, deep, violin