Stand tall

Verse 1

I hear the whispers in the static

Teeth clenched, hands tied, automatic

They speak in doubt, they feast on fear

But every word just pulls me nearer

Eyes locked forward, spine aligned

I carry scars like battle signs

You tried to bury me in shame

But pressure only feeds the flame

Pre-Chorus (half-time groove)

Every stone you threw

Built the ground I stand on

Every lie you spread

Just taught me how to be strong

Chorus (open chords over polyrhythmic kicks)

I STAND TALL

UNBREAKABLE

Your noise means nothing at all

I STAND TALL

UNSHAKABLE

I rise every time I fall

You wanted me small

I learned to grow

I stand above the undertow

Verse 2 (syncopated, palm-muted riff)

Your eyes track every step I take

Waiting for the moment I break

But I move like time — relentless

No apology, no repentance

I’ve bled through doubt, I’ve paid the cost

I found myself in what I lost

Your hatred is a mirror’s scream

Reflections of what you’ll never be

Pre-Chorus 2

You call it arrogance

I call it self-respect

I don’t bow to voices

That never built a thing

Chorus

I STAND TALL

UNBREAKABLE

Your noise means nothing at all

I STAND TALL

UNSHAKABLE

I rise every time I fall

You wanted me small

I learned to grow

I stand above the undertow

Breakdown (low-string chugs, vocal cadence)

STEP.

ON.

THE.

NECK.

OF.

DOUBT.

I won’t shrink

I won’t bend

I won’t beg

I won’t end

(Dead stop)

LOOK AT ME NOW.

Bridge (ambient cleans → crushing return)

Silence hits harder than your screams

I carve my path between the seams

No crown, no throne, no borrowed pride

Just iron lungs and fire inside

Final Chorus (higher vocal layer + gang shouts)

I STAND TALL

UNBREAKABLE

I wear your hate like armor now

I STAND TALL

UNSHAKABLE

This is my ground — I won’t bow

Outro (polyrhythmic fade, last line shouted)

You tried to cut me down to size…

I GREW.