Hell Over Mercy

[Verse 1]
This room is mine, but I’m not alone
Every wall knows what I’ve done
I see my face in broken glass
All the things I learned to mask
There’s grace breathing in my chest
Weak, but it hasn’t left yet
I don’t reach for it tonight
I just keep it alive

[Chorus]
HELL over mercy
Louder in my head
Every voice that sounds like me
Wants my heart turned dead
Hell over mercy
I’m still caught between

[Verse 2]
They crowd close with fire and teeth
They talk like me when I’m asleep
They know my past, they know my shame
They use my voice, they say my name
Clemency shakes when I look back
At every line I never crossed
I don’t fight them yet
I just hold my ground

[Chorus]
HELL over mercy
Louder in my head
Every voice that sounds like me
Wants my heart turned dead
Hell over mercy
I’m still caught between

[Verse 3]
I step between what I could be
And everything that pulls at me
Every scar they throw my way
Is a choice I didn’t make
Something waits without a sound
While my anger circles in
I don’t end this war
I live in it

[Bridge]
I am split, but I still breathe
My hate feels strong, compassion weak
They wear my face, they tell my truth
Say the things I almost do
Humanity bends, but doesn’t break
Not tonight

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus - Angered, but restrained]
HELL over mercy
Louder in my head
Every voice that sounds like me
Wants my heart turned dead
Hell over mercy
I’m still caught between

HELL over mercy
(Louder in my head)

Every voice that sounds like me
(Wants my heart turned dead)

Hell over mercy
(I’m still caught between)

[Outro]
Forgiveness takes a shallow breath
My hell waits, unchanged
So do I
And the room stays mine

Fun radio dark rock, faster tempo, horrocore, supernatural energy, internal tension, male baritone