Spark In The Ruins

[Verse 1]
Woke up in a cleaner room
Same old mess inside my head
New job
New gym
New tattoos
Still tracing letters in your empty side of the bed
All my friends say
"man
You’re good"
They see the muscle
They see the grind
They don't see the ghost in my mirror
Smiling through a stranger’s eyes
[Pre-Chorus]
I built this body
I broke those chains
But I still taste you
In my veins (yeah)
[Chorus]
I found life in losing spark
Burning brighter in the dark
Every scar I earned since you
Still writes your name
Still bleeds your truth
Yeah
I’m climbing
I’m not through
Got a future
But I miss you
I found life in losing spark
But I still feel you in my heart
[Verse 2]
Calendar full
Nights run fast
Checking boxes
Chasing highs
Hit my goals
Smashed my past
Still keep your number in the back of my mind
Got promoted
Got more pay
Bought that car we used to want
But I’d trade it
Every day
For your boots back on my front porch step (hey)
[Pre-Chorus]
I broke my patterns
I changed my name
But I still hear you
In the flame
[Chorus]
I found life in losing spark
Burning brighter in the dark
Every scar I earned since you
Still writes your name
Still bleeds your truth
Yeah
I’m climbing
I’m not through
Got a future
But I miss you
I found life in losing spark
But I still feel you in my heart
[Bridge]
I’m not begging you back
I buried that shame
But I honor the wreck
That carved out my name
You were the fire
That burned me awake
Now I’m the blaze
But I still ache (still ache)
[Chorus]
I found life in losing spark
Burning brighter in the dark
Every scar I earned since you
Still writes your name
Still bleeds your truth
Yeah
I’m stronger
I broke through
Built a kingdom after you
I found life in losing spark
But I still feel you
Still feel you
In my heart (woah)

rock, Aggressive nu-metal meets melodic alt-metal: dropped-tuned chugs, half-time groove, and tight, syncopated drums. Male vocals shift from hushed, confessional verses to screamed pre-chorus lines and an anthemic, shouted-sung hook. Gritty bass grinds under the guitars; chorus opens up with wide, distorted power chords and octave leads. Bridge pulls back to a single clean guitar and vocal before exploding into a final, cathartic chorus with stacked gang vocals., hard rock, alternative rock, metal, nu metal