The Ones You Threw Away

[INTRO – LOW GROOVE, SMIRK ENTRY]
[CLEAN – SWAGGER, LOW]
You look surprised to see me standing here again,
Like I was meant to disappear when you said “end.”

[CLEAN – SWAGGER]
Funny thing about the dirt you kicked in my face—
It turned into the road I built to leave this place.

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VERSE 1 (RHYTHMIC, PUNCHY, CONFIDENT)
[CLEAN – SWAGGER]
Yeah, I was the “problem,” right? The one you had to fix,
Didn’t fit your mold, I never learned your party tricks.
Tried to make me blend in, tried to make me stay,
But black never turns to white just ‘cause you bleach it that way.

[CLEAN – LAID-BACK FLOW]
So I slipped out the back, took the night with me,
Found a couple other shadows that you refused to see.
You taught us we were nothing when we begged to belong—
Now look at us, bitch, we’re proving you wrong.

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PRE-CHORUS (TENSION LIFT)
[CLEAN – COOL]
You slammed the door, thought we’d break in the cold—
[CLEAN – SWAGGER]
But all your “trash” turned into fucking gold.

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CHORUS (LOCKED HOOK)
[CLEAN – STRONG, ANTHEMIC]
I was the black sheep you tried to throw away,
Now I’m running with the wolves you made.
You locked us out, we learned to roam,
You built a fence — we built a home.
The lost, the loud, the strays, the bold…
We’re doing better on the outside, don’t you know?

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VERSE 2 (MORE SWAGGER, MORE BITE)
[CLEAN – PUNCHY, RHYTHMIC]
We’re the kids you called “too much” and “never enough,”
We turned that into armor when the world got rough.
You pointed at our scars like we should hide the proof—
But pain makes a damn good bulletproof.

[CLEAN – SWAGGER]
We learned to howl at the moon when the lights went black,
Found family in the ones you never wanted back.
We ain’t begging for a seat at your table tonight—
We flipped the script, burned the script, now we’re writing it right.

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PRE-CHORUS 2
[CLEAN – COOL, SLY]
You slammed the door, thought we’d die out there—
[CLEAN – SMIRK]
Now every outsider’s breathing our air.

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CHORUS 2 (FULLER)
[CLEAN – ANTHEMIC]
I was the black sheep you tried to throw away,
Now I’m running with the wolves you made.
You locked us out, we learned to roam,
You built a fence — we built a home.
The lost, the loud, the strays, the bold…
We’re doing better on the outside, don’t you know?

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BRIDGE (GANG VOCALS HYBRID BEGINS)
[SOLO VOCAL – LOW, INTENSE]
You don’t get to call us broken just because we broke your chains—

[+ 2 ADDITIONAL VOICES – RAW]
We found freedom in the places you abandoned like stains—

[+ MORE VOICES JOIN – STRONGER]
We turned exile to a kingdom that you can’t take away—

[+ FULL GANG VOCALS – ANTHEM]
Say we’re nothing — we’re the ones you threw away!

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POST-BRIDGE / CHANT (GANG VOCALS FULL)
[CHANT – CALL & RESPONSE]

LEAD:
Who runs with me?

GANG (RAW):
The ones you threw away!

LEAD:
Who howls with me?

GANG (BIGGER):
The ones you threw away!

LEAD:
Who rose with me?

GANG (FULL, ANTHEMIC):
The ones you threw away!

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FINAL CHORUS (VICTORY/FOUND FAMILY ENERGY)
[CLEAN – STRONG, SMILING]
I was the black sheep

male Dark-fun, seductive, confident, rhythmic swagger, rebellious, charismatic antihero energy., metal