Floodgates

[Verse 1]
Held my breath for far too long,
Built my dam where I didn’t belong.
Every thought a rising tide,
Every truth I tried to hide.

Fingertips on trembling glass,
Praying silence somehow lasts.
But fractures bloom like spidered veins —
Now I’m drowning in the rain.

[Pre-Chorus]
The pressure sings beneath my skin,
A storm I locked too deep within.

[Chorus]
Floodgates open, let it roar —
All I buried breaks the floor.
Tears and screams become the same,
Rushing out without a name.

Floodgates rupture, I let go —
Drown the calm in undertow.
This is pain I can't contain —
Raging like a holy flame.

[Verse 2]
Whispers turned to thunder cries,
I see the wreckage in my eyes.
Every word I left unsaid,
Now floods the halls inside my head.

Tried to hold the world in place,
But broke beneath its quiet weight.
Now there’s nothing left to fear —
Just the flood that brought me here.

[Bridge]
Torrents tear the mask away!
Let it bleed, let it fray!
I am the flood — I am the fall!
This is my voice, above it all!

[Final Chorus]
Floodgates open, no control —
Crashing through the hollow soul.
What was fragile now ignites —
A war of water, fire, and light.

Floodgates broken — still I stand,
Rising with a trembling hand.
This is me, raw and true…
Drenched in everything I knew.

Rock, cinematic and progressive metal, male, blend of melodic singing & screams, explosive choruses