[Intro] [Distant air raid sirens wailing, low heavy bass thumping like a heartbeat, exploding into a massive groove riff] [Verse 1] [Low, gritty gravelly vocals, slow driving drum beat with heavy syncopated chugs] Haunted by the memories, hiding from the future, Trying to survive in a present not my own. Life wrapped around my neck just like a heavy collar, Now like Atlas, I am carrying the world alone! But I'm gonna drop this weight... On the one who started it! [Pre-Chorus] [Build tension, rapid double-bass drum rolls, guitars rising to a frantic pace] Every step has weight! Every boundary crossed! I learned how to bleed from the things I lost! If you hear that knock, you better pray it fades, 'Cause I came too far to be pushed this way! [Chorus] [Massive arena explosion, soaring anthemic melody, layered crowd backing vocals] YOU STARTED THIS! YOU WANTED A WAR! And I am armed and ready standing at your door! Where you headed? There is no surrender situation! A fight until the end for the final generation! Just remember you started it! (You started this!) (You wanted a WAR!) [Verse 2] [Aggressive spit-fire delivery, heavy groove metal rhythm, chugging bass] I been moving heavy, every step got weight, Every old mistake got a name on the gate! I don’t need a reason when the line gets crossed, I learned how to bleed from the things I lost! So if you hear that knock, better pray it fades, 'Cause I came too far to be pushed this way! And I’m still upright when the smoke clears thin, If it’s me or the world, then I’m diving in! [Chorus] YOU STARTED THIS! YOU WANTED A WAR! And I am armed and ready standing at your door! Where you headed? There is no surrender situation! A fight until the end for the final generation! Just remember you started it! (You started this!) (You wanted a WAR!) [Bridge] [Music completely cuts down to a haunting orchestral string section and raw, clean vocals] I carried the blame like a chain on my back, Kept every scar in a locked-up stack. But I’m totally done being the one you bend and break, I’m the ground you lose when the floor won’t stay! [Breakdown Callout] [Vocal scales up into a blood-curdling, unhinged theatrical scream] THIS IS WAR! [Breakdown] [Ultra-heavy drop-tuned slam breakdown, massive sub-bass drops, rapid machine-gun double bass drums] NO SURRENDER! FIGHT TO THE END! NO SURRENDER! [Guitar solo] YOU! STARTED! THIS! [Final Chorus] [Maximum chaotic energy, full symphonic metalcore background, soaring melodic hooks] YOU STARTED THIS! YOU WANTED A WAR! And I am armed and ready standing at your door! Where you headed? There is no surrender situation! A fight until the end for the final generation! Just remember you started it! (You started this!) (You wanted a WAR!) [Outro] [Heavy machine gun drum rhythm, final shattering guitar chug, ring out into a fading siren] [End]
