HELIUM (Remastered)

Intro (0:00–0:18) [Atmospheric guitar with distant war ambience → slow chugs building tension] "Sometimes the hardest war… is the one you choose." Verse 1 [Low growl vocals over tight palm-muted riff.] Steel in my lungs, ash in my throat Every promise was another rope Pulled me down into your gravity A house of ghosts calling it family I swallowed silence like a blade Smiled through every scar you made Every word was poison rain I learned to breathe inside the pain Pre-Chorus [Melodic scream building intensity.] I packed my fear in a paper bag Left the past in the body bag The night was heavy on my chest But the first step was my protest Chorus [Big melodic metalcore chorus with harmonized guitars.] I’m rising higher than the damage you left in me Breaking the chains of your gravity Every breath feels like helium I’m weightless now, I’m free to run Your war was never mine to win I shed your skin, I shed your sin Every breath feels like helium I’m finally lighter than I’ve ever been Verse 2 [Heavier riffing, double kick drums.] Marching out of burning homes Through the static of broken bones Some battles aren’t fought with fists But with the courage to exist You called it love, you called it blood But all I tasted was the flood Of every lie you tried to sell A golden cage disguised as hell Pre-Chorus [Rising melodic aggression.] No more anchors in my chest No more knives beneath my breath The sky was waiting all along For someone brave enough to run Chorus [Huge melodic release.] I’m rising higher than the damage you left in me Breaking the chains of your gravity Every breath feels like helium I’m weightless now, I’m free to run Your war was never mine to win I shed your skin, I shed your sin Every breath feels like helium I’m finally lighter than I’ve ever been Breakdown (0:00–0:25 after chorus) [Slow half-time brutality.] [BPM feel drops to ~75 half-time] You built the cage You dug the grave But I WALKED AWAY (BLEGH) Gravity is dead to me Bridge (Melodic / Emotional Lift) [Clean vocals with soaring lead guitar.] The air tastes different tonight Like the first breath after drowning Every mile between us now Feels like wings around me I was never meant to stay In the ruins you called home Freedom fills my lungs tonight And I’m finally on my own Final Chorus (Bigger, layered vocals) I’m rising higher than the damage you left in me Breaking the chains of your gravity Every breath feels like helium I’m weightless now, I’m free to run Your war was never mine to win I shed your skin, I shed your sin Every breath feels like helium I’m finally lighter than I’ve ever been Outro [Clean guitar with distant screams fading.] I fought the war By walking away Now every breath… Feels like helium.