Small Town, Big demons

Title: “Small Town, Big Demons”

Genre: Trap Soul × Hard Rock × Country Blues

Key: Minor
POV: Male
Vocal Style: Raspy verses, emotional hook, blues grit
Instruments: Slide guitar, distorted guitar accents, heavy 808, live-feel drums

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Intro (ambient guitar / spoken)

Yeah…
Everybody know your name…
Ain’t nobody know your pain.
(808 drop)

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Verse 1

Grew up where the church bells louder than the truth
Everybody watchin’, but nobody got a clue
Smile on my face, demons in my chest
Mama say pray, I’m just tryin’ to rest

Same roads, same bars, same broken dreams
Same old lies behind white picket scenes
They judge from the porch, beer in hand
But they don’t know the blood on my hands

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Pre-Chorus (building)

They see the truck, don’t see the tears
See me strong, don’t see the years
I learned young how to stay quiet
Round here pain start riots

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Chorus (BIG, emotional)

Small town, big demons
We bleed in private, smile for reasons
Everybody talk, nobody listen
Hearts get broke, secrets get hidden

Small town, big demons
Prayin’ for peace, livin’ with demons
If you knew what I seen, what I been in
You’d understand these scars I’m dealin’

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Verse 2

Friday lights, Saturday sins
Sunday mornin’, “forgive me again”
Daddy drank pain, passed it down
I learned survival, not how to slow down

Girl I loved left town quick
Said this place make you sick
She wanted more than dirt roads and scars
I stayed behind with ghosts and bars

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Pre-Chorus (variation)

They clap when you fall, call it fate
Say “be a man,” then add more weight
Ain’t no therapy where I’m from
Just bottles, fights, and loaded guns

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Chorus (repeat – layered vocals)

Small town, big demons
We bleed in private, smile for reasons
Everybody talk, nobody listen
Hearts get broke, secrets get hidden

Small town, big demons
Prayin’ for peace, livin’ with demons
If you knew what I seen, what I been in
You’d understand these scars I’m dealin’

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Bridge (BREAKDOWN – blues guitar + half-time drums)

(guitar slides, minimal 808)

I tried to run, but the road pull back
Every mile got a memory attached
I ain’t perfect, I ain’t proud
Just a broken man tryin’ not to drown

(pause)
God know my heart…
Even if this town don’t.

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Verse 3 (half-sung / half-spoken)

They bury dreams behind town lines
Say “that’s life,” pour another round
I ain’t lookin’ for sympathy
Just don’t mistake my silence for peace

I survived what they whisper ‘bout
I lived what they scared to talk about
If I ever make it out this town
I’m takin’ my demons with me now

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Final Chorus (FULL POWER)

Small town, big demons
Still breathin’ even when I’m bleedin’
Everybody see me, few believe me
Still standin’, barely healin’

Small town, big demons
Faith cracked, but I’m still reachin’
If I fall, know I fought my reasons
Small town… big demons

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Outro (spoken / echo)

Everybody know your name…
Ain’t nobody know your pain.
Yeah…

blues, hard rock, country Trap Soul × Hard Rock × Country, Blues. Acoustic guitar.