Verse 1 (quiet, sparse) Step… by step… I walk alone, cold grey stone, a trail of snow. The wind keeps saying: “this is the end”, but I… won’t break… not yet. Every breath… heavy as pain, every thought… pulls me up again. Pre-Chorus (slow build) The higher I climb, the less I speak, only truth remains. I don’t run from who I am— up here you can’t fake. Chorus (wide, melodic) Step by step… I’m closer to the stars, where the clouds still dream of a frozen crown. Now pain’s the only thing that walks with me, but I keep moving on, ’cause I know— at the top there’s victory, at the top there’s meaning. Verse 2 (more power, still slow) My hands shake, but they won’t let go, the rock knows all my fear. Behind me: night and wasted days, ahead: the light so clear. Every scar is teaching me who I really am. It’s not the road that’s breaking me— it’s shaping who I stand. Pre-Chorus (stronger) The higher I climb, the more I know this fight is not in vain. It’s not the peak that calls me now— it’s my name inside the wind. Chorus (full power) Step by step… I’m closer to the stars, where the clouds still dream of a frozen crown. Now pain’s the only thing that walks with me, but I keep moving on, ’cause I know— at the top there’s victory, and there I’ll find myself at last. Bridge (pause, emotional) There is freedom… there is truth… there I’ll learn what I am made to be. When I stand alone above the world, the silence will speak for me. Final Chorus (highest, biggest) Step by step… I’m closer to the stars, past the fear, beyond the time. That frozen crown is right in front of me, and now I know who I am… I know. Outro (quiet) Step… by step… to the end… to the top.
