Strong Enough to Shatter

💢 [Verse 1 – Slow, gritty, restrained]

You called me strong like it was praise
Like I’m your hero in a hollow cage
You saw the cracks and still smiled proud
But never heard the way I screamed out loud

You said, “You’re brave,” while I bled alone
Held my breath and turned to stone
I kept my voice behind my teeth
Now hear me choke on everything beneath

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😤 [Pre-Chorus – Building pressure]

I carried all your silence
Stacked it high like violence
You loved me calm, not honest
Now feel the storm you promised

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💀 [Chorus – Explodes, heavy riff, emotional scream-singing]

🎤 I was strong enough to shatter
🎤 Held the weight ’til I broke the floor
🎤 You called it strength—
🎤 But I was a war

🎤 I was bleeding through the plaster
🎤 Smiling like it didn’t hurt
🎤 You said I never cracked—
🎤 Then watched me burst

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🧨 [Verse 2 – Faster, angrier]

I broke in ways you’ll never see
Screamed in silence so perfectly
You loved the way I “held it in”
But I was drowning deep within

Now I don’t owe you quiet grace
I’m done pretending in your space
You liked me strong, you liked me still
Well now I break and I break to kill

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🚫 [Pre-Chorus – More defiant]

You built me out of damage
Then called it high advantage
But I was glass with pressure lines—
Shattered perfect every time

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🔥 [Chorus – Repeat, full force]

🎤 I was strong enough to shatter
🎤 Held the weight ’til I broke the floor
🎤 You called it strength—
🎤 But I was a war

🎤 I was bleeding through the plaster
🎤 Smiling like it didn’t hurt
🎤 You said I never cracked—
🎤 Then watched me burst

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💣 [Bridge – Full SCREAM breakdown]

DON’T PRAISE ME
FOR HOW I SUFFERED
DON’T SMILE
WHILE I’M SMOTHERED

YOU WANT STRONG?
YOU GOT A BOMB
I’M NOT YOUR MIRACLE—
I’M GONE

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🩸 [Final Chorus – Slower, melodic build into final scream]

🎤 I was strong enough to shatter
🎤 And you loved me ‘cause I broke just right
🎤 Now there’s nothing left to gather…
🎤 So goodnight.
🎤 Goodnight.
🎤 (Good—FUCKING—night.)

male, Heavy hard rock with aggressive breakdown, emotional scream vocals, and themes of hidden pain and explosive collap