Chemical Crown

[Verse 1]
White room
Plastic moon in the ceiling
Paper gown throne
For a kingdom of feeling
They say “this one
Takes the edges away”
But it’s carving out
The middle of my day
Hands shake
Till the pill starts speaking
Then my own voice
Feels tired
Feels weaker
I watch my thoughts
March single file down
Salute the dose
Kiss the chemical crown
[Chorus]
I’m chained to the cure
But I still bleed
Riding this lightning I don’t need
They promise peace if I just sit still
But I’m losing the war to the will of the pill
I scream for a storm
They give me rain
Sugar-coat the steel in my veins
If this is their heaven
I’ll break the spell
Better to burn than be numb in this hell (hey!)
[Verse 2]
Slow tongue
But my heart drums faster
Glass smile
Masking quiet disasters
They want “fine”
On a clipboard line
While my mind writes
Fire in the margins each time
Clock hands
Drag like they’re in shackles
Nurse says
“It’s the dose that battles”
But under this blanket
Of velvet lead
I feel more ghost
Than the ghosts in my head
[Chorus]
I’m chained to the cure
But I still bleed
Riding this lightning I don’t need
They promise peace if I just sit still
But I’m losing the war to the will of the pill
I scream for a storm
They give me rain
Sugar-coat the steel in my veins
If this is their heaven
I’ll break the spell
Better to burn than be numb in this hell
[Bridge]
[Clean guitars drop in
Drums half-time]
Raise my arm
They press it down
“Just relax
Let the calm come now”
But calm feels like
A closing door
And I was born
For something more
[Band kicks back full speed]
So take your dose
Dress it up in gold
Call it brave
When it makes me fold
I’d rather face
Every jagged thought
Than live forever
Already forgot (woah)
[Chorus]
I’m chained to the cure
But I still bleed
Riding this lightning I don’t need
They promise peace if I just sit still
But I’m losing the war to the will of the pill
I scream for a storm
They give me rain
Sugar-coat the steel in my veins
If this is their heaven
I’ll break the spell
Better to feel every cut than be well in this hell

metal, Epic power/speed metal ballad: clean male vocals with soaring high range and gritty lows, double-kick bursts under melodic minor guitar leads, verses start half-time and tense, chorus gallops with stacked gang shouts, middle-8 drops to moody clean guitars then erupts into a twin-harmony solo; huge, reverberant drums and a thick, chugging rhythm wall., speed metal, ballad, power metal