[INTRO — LOW BASS / DISTANT BREATHING] I know this room by heart now... The place where I learned not to flinch. I told myself I shouldn't love And called the silence discipline. [VERSE 1 — FEMALE CLEAN] Every nerve still knows restraint Every breath still knows its place But something stirs beneath the surface... And it isn't fucking tame. I feel it grinding in my chest Like a stone against my bones I don't care what has to break— I just can't stay here anymore. [PRE-CHORUS — BUILD] I've learned... Life never asks permission. It knocks you down And asks why you're still crying. But look at me— I'M STILL STANDING. [CHORUS — POWERFUL CLEAN] I STILL STAND! Even after everything! I STILL STAND! Even when I wanted to give up! The world is on my shoulders There's fire inside my chest I almost lost everything— BUT I NEVER LOST MYSELF! [INSTRUMENTAL — POST-METAL GROOVE] [VERSE 2 — FEMALE CLEAN] I don't want another name I won't keep living your lie I want everything I was Burned clean until it's mine Let the old restraint give way Let your silence loose my leash I was never meant to live As a version you could keep [BREAK — QUIET] I thought freedom meant escape Somewhere you could never reach But I don't need another life— I just need you away from me. [BUILD — GROOVE ENTERS] Keep your silence. Keep your praise. Keep the version you create. Keep your grip. Keep control. That isn't me. [IMPACT — CONTROLLED FEMALE SCREAM] I SURVIVED. I CAME BACK. You never owned the real me— NOW WATCH ME COME ALIVE. [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK — HEAVY GROOVE / POST-METAL] [VERSE 3 — DARK CLEAN] I carry my past Like scars beneath my skin Every wound became a lesson Every loss became a truth I tried to run from everything That made me who I am But you can't outrun the war That's already in your hands [PRE-CHORUS — RISING] I've learned... Being strong doesn't mean You feel nothing. It means you're broken— and still you rise. [BREAKDOWN — FEMALE VOCAL] KNOCK ME DOWN! I GET BACK UP! BREAK ME APART! I BUILD AGAIN! Take my hope— I'LL TURN IT INTO FIRE! Say I'm finished— I'M STILL HERE! [FINAL BUILD — MASSIVE] I was always underneath. I was always here. I was never someone new. I was never someone else. There was only what you buried— THE PART OF ME YOU COULD NEVER ERASE! You made me forget who I was... BUT NOW I'M SHINING THROUGH! [FINAL CHORUS — MASSIVE FEMALE CLEAN] I DON'T NEED ANOTHER NAME! I don't have to live your lie! Everything I thought I was Was a version you designed! Now the old restraint gives way— NOW I LET IT ALL GO! You never owned the real me. YOU NEVER FUCKING OWNED ME! [FINAL ASCENSION — CLEAN + ONE SCREAM] I STILL STAND! After everything! I'M STILL HERE! And I will not disappear! The fire inside my chest— IS MINE! [FINAL SCREAM] YOU BURIED ME— BUT YOU COULD NEVER BURY THE REAL ME! [OUTRO — BASS / ATMOSPHERE] I was always underneath... I still stand. I'm still here.
