(Intro) (Distorted guitar ambient swell, building up with heavy, slow post-metal drum beats. A sudden, sharp breakdown snaps into a fast metalcore riff.) (Verse 1) The walls are closing in, built from shattered glass Every breath I take is choked by the ghost of my past Concrete in my lungs, barbed wire in my mind Searching for a piece of me that I left behind My own skin is a prison, a fortress of pain Washing away the blood, but I can't scrub the stain The clock is ticking backward, the trauma never sleeps In the shadow of the valley where the broken spirit weeps. (Pre-Chorus) (Music stops completely for a split second, followed by a raw, gritty vocal delivery) Hey man, what you gonna do, if the evil coming for you! (Massive guitar drop, double-bass drumming explodes) (Chorus) Caught in the crossfire of a war inside my head! Living with the demons that sleep beneath my bed! My bones are fracturing, my soul is torn apart But I am holding onto the remnants of my heart! Through the static and the smoke, I am fighting to remain A human in the wreckage, a survivor through the pain! (Verse 2) (Tempo slows down into an atmospheric, heavy post-metal groove) Dystopia in my veins, a cold and hollow night The mirror shows a stranger fading out of sight Paralyzed by silence, screaming at the wall Every step feels heavy, waiting for the fall They stole my tomorrow, they locked me in today But I refuse to let the darkness wash my soul away. (Pre-Chorus) (Guitars build up a chaotic, tense wall of sound) Hey man, what you gonna do, if the evil coming for you! (Chorus) Caught in the crossfire of a war inside my head! Living with the demons that sleep beneath my bed! My bones are fracturing, my soul is torn apart But I am holding onto the remnants of my heart! Through the static and the smoke, I am fighting to remain A human in the wreckage, a survivor through the pain! (Bridge) (Deep, gut-wrenching guttural growls alternating with melodic, melancholic ambient guitars) It feels hopeless... (Hopeless!) Buried alive under the weight of the scars! But look up... look up... We can still see the stars! Even in the dirt, even in the black I am pulling myself back! I AM PULLING MYSELF BACK! (Guitar Solo / Breakdown) (A tragic, weeping guitar melody blends into a crushing, heavy breakdown – classic post-metal emotional release met with brutal metalcore energy.) (Chorus) (Clean vocals layered with desperate screams in the background) Caught in the crossfire of a war inside my head! Living with the demons that sleep beneath my bed! My bones are fracturing, my soul is torn apart But I am holding onto the remnants of my heart! (Outro) (The heavy instruments slowly fade out, leaving only a clean, echoing guitar riff and a whispering voice) The evil came... but I am still here. The hope for a normal life... will never die. (Final fading cymbal hit)
