Red Lines

[Verse 1]
Bathroom light
Buzzing
Pale
Staring at my face
Like it might tell the tale
Sleeve pulled high
Hands that shake
Thought it’d make the screaming
Finally break
[Chorus]
But these red lines
They don’t speak
They just steal one more
Fragile week
You’re not weak
For feeling wrong
Please hold on
Please hold on
(please hold on)
[Verse 2]
Phone on the sink
Screen face down
Nobody knows
How close I drown
I trace old scars
Count them twice
Every little mark
Was a roll of the dice
[Chorus]
But these red lines
They don’t speak
They just steal one more
Fragile week
You’re not weak
For feeling wrong
Please hold on
Please hold on
(yeah, hold on)
[Bridge]
Is there someone
You can call tonight
Let their name
Be your little light
You can say
“I’m not okay”
And still choose
One more day
[Chorus]
Cause these red lines
They don’t win
They don’t know
The heart within
You’re not weak
You still belong
Please hold on
Please hold on
[Outro]
One deep breath
One small choice
Step away from the edge
Lend your pain a voice

Dark acoustic ballad with male vocals; close-miked guitar and low piano underline a confessional tone. Verses stay hushed and intimate, chorus swells with layered harmonies and subtle toms. Bridge adds distant pads for a haunted, floating feel, then drops back to a single voice and guitar on the last line.