[Intro — slow, tense strings + breath] Mmm… I’m trying… I’m trying… [Verse 1 — soft, strained] They say I’m made of iron, forged by fate and firelight, They say my name is thunder, carved into the endless night. But every time I lift the world the way they’ve asked me to, I feel the breaking in my bones they never see me go through. [Pre-Chorus — rising conflict] I’m tired of being perfect In the stories that they write. ’Cause when the curtain falls… I’m just surviving the fight. [Chorus — explosive honesty] I’m more than the myth you’re holding to— I bleed, I break, I fear the truth. You call me strong, but strength is something I outgrew. I’m trying hard to be the hero you once knew… But I’m more, I’m more— I’m more than the myth you think is true. I’m just a heart trying to make it through. [Verse 2 — heavier, emotional unraveling] You say that I’m unshaken, that I never lose my way, But every victory I win leaves another piece of me decayed. You praise the battles I survive, but never see the scars— You celebrate the warrior, not the wounded man beneath the stars. [Pre-Chorus — voice cracking] I’m tired of being flawless In the legends that you keep. ’Cause when the shouting stops… It’s my soul that falls asleep. [Chorus — fuller, aching] I’m more than the myth you’re holding to— I bleed, I break, I fear the truth. You call me strong, but strength is something I outgrew. I’m trying hard to be the hero you once knew… But I’m more, I’m more— I’m more than the myth you think is true. I’m just a heart trying to make it through. [Bridge — quiet → erupting, self-revelation] If I let the mask fall down, Would you still believe in me? If I showed the cracks and doubts, Would you stay or would you leave? I’m not the god they wrote about— I’m terrified and incomplete… Just trying to breathe… Trying to breathe… [Final Chorus — massive, emotional explosion] I’m more than the myth you’re holding to— I’m human underneath the wounds. Don’t ask me to be perfect in a world I’m breaking through. I’m learning how to be the hero to myself, too. I’m more, I’m more— I’m more than the myth you built from truth. I’m just a man… Trying to make it through.

More Than the Myth