[Intro — One Low Piano Note] [Soft Spoken Voice] Hope… I wish. Hope… I feel… [Breath] …nothing. [Impact — Main Melody] [Producer Tag — Deep Male Voice] (DDMG DIVINE ON THE BEAT) [Verse 1 — Emotional Spoken Voice] People keep telling me, “Give it some time.” Like time’s got a map and knows where to find me. Like every bad thought packs up when it’s told, Like pain gets embarrassed the moment you grow. I wish that were true. I really do. I wish I could wake up and believe what I knew. That tomorrow means something. That trying is enough. That every closed door isn’t proof I gave up. But some days, hope feels heavy. Funny, right? Something meant to lift you keeps you awake at night. [Build 1 — Rising Synths] Hope… I wish. Hope… I feel. Say it again. Maybe this time it’ll stick. [Drop 1 — Melbourne Bounce, Hard Techno] I WANNA BELIEVE THERE’S MORE THAN THIS! MORE THAN THE DAYS I ONLY EXIST! I wanna look forward without looking back. I wanna stop thinking I’m losing the map. Hope… I hear you. I’m trying. [Melodic Drop — Piano and Bass] [Beat Switch — Dark Piano, Clean Sliding 808s] [EARLEDIVINE — DEEP MALE RAP, HARD EMOTIONAL FLOW] Look! I had nights when the silence was louder than crowds, Had to fight through the rain with my head in the clouds, Everybody saw smiles, never noticed the doubt, Had a million things inside I was scared to let out! I was building my future while healing my past, Trying to make something permanent out of what couldn’t last, Life kept throwing them lessons, they came at me fast, Had to learn that the pain ain’t a place I should crash! They see the shine, never witnessed the storm, Never saw how the pressure was shaping my form, Had to walk through the cold just to find something warm, Now I’m standing on faith when the road isn’t sure! [Male Rap — Double-Time Punchlines] One step, two steps, keep moving! Lost sleep, hard times, still improving! No crown, no throne, still proving! Hope ain’t gone, it’s just regrouping! I ain’t perfect, I’m learning to grow, Some days fast, other days slow, When the world gets dark and the answers don’t show, I keep one little spark that refuses to go! [Breakdown — Soft Spoken Voice] You know what scares me? Not failing. I’ve done that. Not losing. I’ve survived that too. It’s waking up one day and realizing I stopped expecting anything good to happen. [Verse 2 — Intimate Spoken Voice] I miss the version of me that didn’t rehearse every word, Didn’t read into silence, Didn’t expect to get hurt. I miss laughing without wondering when it’ll end. I miss calling somebody without feeling like a burden again. You don’t see a feeling. You see what it leaves. The quiet. The distance. The way somebody breathes. The “I’m okay.” The subject change. The joke at the perfect time. Sometimes the best actors aren’t lying to you. They’re lying to themselves just to survive. [Build 2 — Rising Pressure] Hope… I wish. Hope… I feel. What? Say it. I feel everything. That’s the problem. [Drop 2 — Hard Techno Pressure] I FEEL THE LOVE! I FEEL THE LOSS! I FEEL EVERY LINE THAT I NEVER GOT ACROSS! Every goodbye before anybody leaves. Every little maybe turns into something I believe. Don’t tell me I don’t have hope. I’m still here. That has to mean something! [Beat Switch — Cinematic Trap, Piano] [EARLEDIVINE — DEEP MALE RAP, PASSIONATE DELIVERY] I learned real strength ain’t hiding the scars, It’s finding your way when you can’t see the stars, It’s reaching for help when the journey gets hard, It’s knowing your worth when you’re falling apart! Had dreams on pause, had plans on hold, Had days when the sunshine still felt cold, But a story ain’t finished because one page folds, There’s a whole lot of life that remains untold! So I speak for the ones who don’t know what to say, For the ones who keep trying to get through the day, You ain’t gotta be strong every second you wake, Sometimes hope is the help that you’re willing to take! [Bridge — Piano, Choir Rising] Maybe hope isn’t smiling. Maybe hope isn’t peace. Maybe hope is getting out of bed when your mind says, “Don’t leave.” Maybe hope is one message. One knock. One more try. Maybe hope isn’t knowing everything turns out right. Maybe it’s standing there shaking, looking straight at the fear, and saying… “I don’t know where this goes… but I’m still here.”
