[Intro – Faint Vinyl Crackle, Clean Electric Guitar, Distant Atmospheric Piano, Intimate Male Vocal] [Verse 1 – Low, Raspy Male Voice, Slow and Vulnerable] Found an old shirt in the back of my drawer Smelled like cigarettes and summers before A faded photograph inside the pocket A kid with a smile, like the world couldn’t stop him I stared at his face for a minute or two Wondered what the hell he’d think if he knew All of the promises I couldn’t keep All of the dreams that I buried too deep [Pre-Chorus – Tension Rising, Subtle Drums Enter] I don’t need your fucking memories I don’t need your advice Don’t tell me everything gets better Don’t tell me I’ll be fine ‘Cause I don’t know the man in the mirror Don’t know the eyes looking back I’ve been wearing somebody else’s face And I don’t know how to take it back [Chorus – Explosive Distorted Guitars, Powerful Raspy Male Vocal, Heavy Live Drums] NO! I won’t keep pretending I’m okay Just to make everybody stay I’ve spent my whole damn life Throwing pieces of myself away I’M DONE! Being someone I don’t wanna be Choking on the words I couldn’t speak If growing up means losing me Then what the fuck is left of me? [Post-Chorus – Catchy Melodic Hook, Layered Male Vocals] Oh-oh, let it burn Oh-oh, let it bleed I’m not trying to find that kid I’m learning how to let him leave [Instrumental Break – Emotional Electric Guitar Riff, Driving Bass, Heavy Drums] [Verse 2 – Gritty, Conversational Vocal, Building Intensity] I was softer back then, stupid as hell Thought I’d find heaven if I walked through hell Thought every broken thing could be repaired Thought growing older meant being prepared Now I sleep with the television on Just to drown out everything that’s gone Got a head full of sirens screaming all night And a thousand things I never got right [Pre-Chorus 2 – Increasing Anger, Punchy Drums, Rising Guitar] And I fucking hate what the years have done How they stole the light and called it growing up I buried my anger, I swallowed my pride Held every scream till it burned me alive I gave them my patience I gave them my soul Kept cutting away Till there was nothing left whole [Chorus – Bigger, More Aggressive, Double-Tracked Vocals] NO! I won’t keep pretending I’m okay Just to make everybody stay I’ve spent my whole damn life Throwing pieces of myself away I’M DONE! Being someone I don’t wanna be Choking on the words I couldn’t speak If growing up means losing me Then what the fuck is left of me? [Post-Chorus – Gang Vocals, Anthemic Melody] Oh-oh, let it burn Oh-oh, let it bleed I’m not trying to find that kid I’m learning how to let him leave [Bridge – Music Drops to Piano, Broken Whispered Male Vocal] So what the fuck happened to me? Where did that little boy go? I keep searching through old photographs For a face I used to know [Pause – Complete Silence] [Bridge Part 2 – Emotional Clean Vocal, Slowly Building Strings] But I don’t miss being younger I miss who I was allowed to be Before every mistake became a sentence Before every scar belonged to me I don’t want another second chance To be somebody I used to know I just want to stop apologizing For the parts I couldn’t hold [Breakdown – Heavy Drop-Tuned Guitars, Screamed Male Vocals, Half-Time Drums] FUCK THE MASK! FUCK THE LIES! FUCK THE YEARS I SPENT INSIDE! ALL THE THINGS I COULDN’T SAY! ALL THE PIECES THROWN AWAY! I’M STILL HERE! I’M STILL BREATHING! I’M NOT BROKEN! I’M JUST LEAVING! [Final Chorus – Massive Cinematic Rock Climax, Raw Emotional Belting, Layered Harmonies] NO! I won’t keep pretending I’m okay I won’t beg for anybody to stay I’ve spent too many fucking years Giving everything I loved away I’M DONE! Being someone I don’t wanna be I’m more than what the world took from me And if growing up means letting go Then let the whole damn past release me [Final Post-Chorus – Soaring Melodic Vocals, Full Band] Oh-oh, let it burn Oh-oh, let it bleed I don’t have to be that kid To become who I wanna be Oh-oh, let it burn Oh-oh, set me free I’m not trying to find who I was I’m finally letting him leave [Outro – Instruments Fade, Clean Guitar and Piano, Close-Mic Whispered Vocal] Found an old shirt in the back of my drawer Folded it up, don’t need it anymore And if you hear me screaming Don’t mistake it for defeat I’m not trying to find who I was… I’m finally letting him leave. [End – Single Guitar Note, Long Reverb, Silence]
