Beneath the Weight

Verse 1:

I wake up drowning in the weight of lies

Promises of greatness, but I'm paralyzed

Torn apart by hands that never cease to reach

They pull me down, while their voices preach

"You're not enough, you'll never be

A hollow shell, that’s all they'll see"

Chains of expectation coil around my throat

I’m suffocating in a world that won’t let go

Chorus:

Beneath the weight, I suffocate,

No peace, no end, just endless hate

Ascend through ruin, break the chain

But every step just brings more pain

The world is fire, I’m consumed

I rise, but still I’m freaking doomed

Beneath the weight, I suffocate,

This hell we’ve made, there’s no escape

Verse 2:

They carve their words into my skin

Force-fed their poison, can’t let them win

But every breath feels like defeat

Caught in this cycle, incomplete

A race I never chose to run

I’m crawling now, but can’t outrun

The fear, the guilt, the shame inside

I break my bones just to survive

Chorus:

Beneath the weight, I suffocate,

No peace, no end, just endless hate

Ascend through ruin, break the chain

But every step just brings more pain

The world is fire, I’m consumed

I rise, but still I’m freaking doomed

Beneath the weight, I suffocate,

This hell we’ve made, there’s no escape

Bridge:

Screams in the dark, they echo through me

A shattered soul, but you refuse to see

I’m bleeding out, I’m crawling blind

But you keep building prisons in my mind

Is this my fate? To live in shame?

To chase a lie, just to play your game?

I tear myself apart to make you whole

But in the end, I’ve lost my soul

Breakdown:

I won’t be your pawn, I won’t be your slave

Bury me now in this shallow grave

I won’t be your pawn, I won’t be your slave

Bury me now in this shallow grave

Final Chorus:

Beneath the weight, I suffocate,

No peace, no end, just endless hate

Ascend through ruin, break the chain

But every step just brings more pain

The world is fire, I’m consumed

I rise, but still I’m freaking doomed

Beneath the weight, I suffocate,

This hell we’ve made, there’s no escape

Outro:

I rise through the ruin, but I’m already dead

A shadow of who I was, nothing left unsaid

In the ashes, I fall, in the dust I decay

There’s no freedom here, only chains in the fray

Ascend through ruin, but there’s nothing above

Just the void that consumes, and the death of love.