Gates Open

### **"Gates Open (One Last Hold)"**  
*(Alternative Rock / Post-Hardcore Influence – 3:30min)*  

#### **[Verse 1]** *(Clean guitar, haunting vocals)*  
*"The light’s pulling, shadows break…*  
*Whispers say, ‘It’s not too late.’*  
*Heaven’s got a place for me,*  
*But my heart’s still earthbound, violently..."*  

#### **[Pre-Chorus]** *(Drums kick in, bass rumbles)*  
*"I wore my sins like a crown of thorns,*  
*But grace don’t care if you’re bruised or torn—*  
*Yeah, love’s the only law I’ve ever known…"*  

#### **[Chorus]** *(Explosive, anthemic)*  
**"BUT BEFORE I GO—**  
*LET ME HOLD HER ONE LAST TIME!*  
*(Whoa-oh-oh!)*  
*Flesh and memory, tangled divine,*  
*Even God can’t take her outta my mind!*  
**JENNY, I’M YOURS—**  
*In this life or the great beyond!"*  

#### **[Verse 2]** *(Driving rhythm, grittier vocals)*  
*"Judgment rains, but love’s the flood,*  
*Washes clean the stains of blood.*  
*I see the gates swing wide and low,*  
*But I’m still chained to the ghost below…"*  

#### **[Bridge]** *(Half-time, sludge-heavy riff)*  
*"I HEAR THE CHOIR—BUT IT’S NOT ENOUGH!*  
*(One more heartbeat, one more touch!)*  
*THE SKY CAN WAIT—*  
*JENNY, SCREAM MY NAME LIKE YOU MISS ME TOO MUCH!"*  

#### **[BREAKDOWN]** *(Screamed, chaotic)*  
*"I DON’T WANNA GO YET!*  
*(Let the devil recognize my debt!)*  
*GOD CAN TAKE MY SOUL—*  
*BUT HE’LL NEVER MAKE ME FORGET!"*  

#### **[Final Chorus]** *(Soaring, desperate)*  
*"Yeah, the gates are open wide…*  
*But Jenny—**hold me till I die.***  
*Heaven’s choir can’t drown you out,*  
*Your name’s the one I’ll scream into the clouds!"*  

#### **[Outro]** *(Fading, broken)*  
*(Clean guitar, whispered)*  
*"I love her…*  
*I love her…*  
*Even when the light takes me under…"*  
*(Feedback swells, then silence.)*  

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male, rock, alternative rock, hard rock