[Intro – Spoken / half-sung over feedback & muted strums] Sadness is a shade of us... (pause) Sometimes we try… Sometimes… (crash!) WE CRY! [GUITAR RIFF] [Verse 1 – Fast tempo, palm-muted guitar riff] Woke up with this weight again Sun's out, eyes are closed in pain... Pulled my hoodie over my face Tell myself get up, you’re still alive! [Pre-Chorus – choppy rhythm, shouted] I don't wanna fake it I don't wanna feel this I’m not breaking— Not this time! [Chorus – Open chords, soaring melody] Sadness is a shade of us We feel it, we bleed, we rust But still we try— Try anyway! Yeah, still we try Try anyway! [Verse 2 - Emotional] Try.... Try... Even when it’s pointless Even when it hurts Even when I’m screaming Face-down in the dirt! [Bridge – scream, post-hardcore flair] I wear my aches like patches on my sleeve Stitched out of skin and blood... I wear my bruises like tattoos Ohhh so much life has passed [Breakdown] I don’t need a fix I need to feel alright Keep moving forward Like the sunnnn [Final Chorus] Sadness is a shade of us We feel it, we bleed, we rust But still we try — TRY ANYWAY! Still we try Still we cry Still we rise Try anyway! [INSTRUMENTAL]
