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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