[Intro — whispered madness, ritual drums] I climb the tallest mountain just to watch myself bleed, They preach the word of gospel as my soul begs to be freed. I wish the world would notice, but I smile and hide the pain, There's something dark inside me that keeps calling out my name. The marks reflect the burden, the stains upon my face, I searched the halls of heaven, found an empty, hollow place. Would God honor my sacrifice, or would it be in vain? Another nameless soul erased, another forgotten name. [Verse 1 — manic rap, heavy guitars] I've been screaming through the walls while they sleep without a sound, Wearing smiles like funeral clothes, keeping both feet on the ground. They call it weakness, call it madness, say there's nothing they can see, Then wonder why the silence grows like roots inside of me. A thousand buried words, but not a soul that wants to hear, I rehearse the words to tell them, then I bury them in fear. I need a witness, not a sermon, not a promise, not a sign, Just somebody who can sit beside the wreckage of my mind. (Hear me!) [Pre-Chorus — trembling vocals] I almost told somebody... (Almost) Had the words upon my tongue. But I saw the way they looked at me, So I swallowed every one. [Chorus 1 — explosive vocals, crushing guitars] Cut through the silence! Hear the cries beneath the skin! There's a war nobody witnesses, a hell nobody sees within! Distant thoughts and memories, a heart consumed by regret, I'm screaming through the darkness, but they haven't heard me yet! I'm more than my suffering! More than the shame you see! Don't turn my darkest hour into a grave of secrecy! [Verse 2 — suffocating rhythm, cracking vocals] I tied a noose of virtue from the judgments in my head, Built a prison out of promises and everything they said. I became my own accuser, I became my own disgrace, Wore a thousand false expressions just to hide behind my face. The room feels like a lifetime, and the silence weighs like stone, I'm tired of being surrounded, yet feeling so alone. There's a part of me still pleading, there's a part I can't explain, How a person can look perfectly fine while drowning in their pain. I keep staring at the doorway, hoping someone sees the signs, But the world keeps turning forward while I'm losing track of time. [Pre-Chorus — whispers, rising drums] I don't want another sermon... I don't need another lie. I just need somebody with me Who won't leave me here tonight. [Chorus 2 — harsher vocals, layered growls] Cut through the silence! Hear the cries beneath the skin! There's a war nobody witnesses, a hell nobody sees within! Distant thoughts and memories, a heart consumed by regret, I'm screaming through the darkness, but they haven't heard me yet! I'm more than my suffering! More than the shame you see! Don't turn my darkest hour into a grave of secrecy! (Hear me!) [Verse 3 — poison metaphor, distorted vocals] Drink this toxin of impure laughter, taste the bitterness of shame, Every promise sounds like thunder, every memory screams my name. The room begins to lose its edges, shadows crawl across the wall, I keep reaching for an answer, but there's nothing there at all. Stiffen words upon my breath as the darkness starts to grieve, I was begging for somebody, not permission to leave. Beneath the laughter, underneath the practiced grin, There's a frightened, broken human begging someone to look in. (Look at me!) [Bridge — stripped acoustic guitar, vulnerable vocals] Do you know what weakness feels like? It's the phone you never call. It's rehearsing how to tell them, Then pretending nothing's wrong. It's the laughter at the table When your whole world comes apart. It's the shame of needing someone When you're breaking at the heart. I don't need you to explain me. Just don't leave me here alone. Don't make suffering a secret. Don't let silence turn to stone. [Breakdown — tribal drums, screamed vocals] LOOK AT ME! HEAR THE SOUND! THERE ARE BROKEN SOULS AROUND! HOW MANY SIGNS MUST DISAPPEAR BEFORE YOU REALIZE WE'RE HERE? NO MORE SHAME! NO MORE LIES! SEE THE PAIN BEHIND THEIR EYES! [Final Chorus — soaring vocals, full orchestra] Break through the silence! Let the buried truth arise! There are wars behind the faces, there are tears behind the eyes! The story's not complete, there's a voice beneath defeat, There's a heartbeat under rubble, there's a reason to believe! We're more than our suffering! No one should face despair And find that in their darkest hour there's nobody there! Don't wait for the funeral to ask what could have been! Don't mourn the ones we lost while ignoring those still sinking in! [Outro — lone guitar, exhausted whisper] I climbed the tallest mountain just to prove that I was strong, But strength was never bleeding. It was knowing I belonged. And somewhere in the silence, there's a voice still calling mine... Please... Don't look away this time.
