[Tuning: Drop A | Tempo: 155→75 BPM | 4/4]
[INTRO]
[Guitar: ambient → dissonant → chugs | Drums: swell, slow kick | Vox: whisper→guttural]
I’m fucking broken
But I’m still standing
[SLAM]
HOLD FAST
DON’T BEND
FEEL IT
BURN
[VERSE 1]
[Guitar: tight chugs | Drums: groove + ghost notes]
I wake up haunted by your fucking promises
Rotting in my head like a knife in my chest
Every word you said, every fake-ass smile
Carved a hole in me I can’t forget
I trusted, I bled, I let you in
You turned my hope into a war within
Every scar, every sleepless fucking night
I carry them all, sharpened for the fight
[PRE]
[Guitar: open/dissonant | Drums: build]
I won’t be ruled
By the bile you spit
I won’t decay
JUST TO FIT
[CHORUS]
[Guitar: wide + chugs | Drums: double kick]
I
HOLD
MY
GROUND
ON BROKEN TRUST YOU LEFT BEHIND
I
TURN
THE
HATE
INTO A BLADE YOU SLIPPED IN MY FUCKING SPINE
YOU LIED
YOU CHEATED
YOU FUCKING BROKE ME
YOU WATCHED ME SUFFER
EVERY PROMISE
YOU SHREDDED
EVERY SMILE
YOU STOLE
I DON’T HEAL
I ENFORCE THE FUCKING PAIN
[INSTRUMENTAL]
[Lead chaos | blasts→groove]
[VERSE 2]
[Guitar: faster/chaotic | Drums: more kicks]
I see your shadow in every fucking corner
Every whisper, every glance, a trigger
I walk through fire with your goddamn betrayal
Burning bridges you left in my memory
I’ve learned to fight alone, to trust no one
Every friend, every love, a loaded fucking gun
But I’m stronger in the darkness you gave
I’ll turn your venom into the armor I crave
[PRE]
I won’t be baited
I won’t decay
I won’t surrender
TO YOUR FUCKING DISEASE
[CHORUS]
I
HOLD
MY
GROUND
ON BROKEN TRUST YOU LEFT BEHIND
I
TURN
THE
HATE
INTO A BLADE YOU SLIPPED IN MY FUCKING SPINE
YOU LIED
YOU CHEATED
YOU FUCKING BROKE ME
YOU WATCHED ME SUFFER
EVERY PROMISE
YOU SHREDDED
EVERY SMILE
YOU STOLE
I DON’T HEAL
I ENFORCE THE FUCKING PAIN
[BRIDGE]
[minimal hits]
They said: “Let it go”
I SAID: “FUCK THAT, MAKE ME.”
They said: “Be the bigger man”
I GOT SMALL AND FUCKING MEAN
I don’t burn out
I BURN THROUGH
EVERY LINE
THEY DREW
[BREAKDOWN]
[half-time chugs]
HOLD
YOUR
GROUND
(WE DON’T RUN)
FACE
IT
HEAD
ON
(WE BECOME)
STRONGER
UNDER
THE
WEIGHT
THIS IS HOW
WE
SEPARATE
[BREAKDOWN 2]
I KEEP IT BURNING
I KEEP IT CLOSE
I FEED THE FIRE
TILL IT SHOWS
NOT ASHAMED
NOT AFRAID
THIS IS THE BED
THAT YOU FUCKING MADE
[FINAL CHORUS]
I
HOLD
MY
GROUND
ON BROKEN TRUST YOU LEFT BEHIND
I
TURN
THE
HATE
INTO A BLADE YOU SLIPPED IN MY FUCKING SPINE
YOU LIED
YOU CHEATED
YOU FUCKING BROKE ME
YOU WATCHED ME SUFFER
EVERY PROMISE
YOU SHREDDED
EVERY SMILE
YOU STOLE
I DON’T HEAL
I ENFORCE THE FUCKING PAIN
[OUTRO]
You thought you could break me.
You thought you could define me.
Look at me now.
I’m fucking broken—
And I am still here.