I Die Inside

[Intro – haunting clean vocals, clean guitar + light drums] With every song I hear With every poem I write I still remember you [Verse 1 – mid-paced screamed vocals, building intensity] With every breath I take I chase a life that slipped away With every sleepless night The past won’t fade I begged the silence for relief From the war inside my head [Pre-Chorus – tension rising, half-screamed] With every second I endure The scars tear open again [Chorus – full band explosion, screamed with melodic clean backing] I DIE INSIDE! With every year I carry on This hollow rage lives on With every mirror that I face I see the man I learned to hate I DIE INSIDE! [Verse 2 – heavier, screamed] With every friend I stand beside I see reflections of my pain With every fatherless child I meet I watch their light begin to drain With every tear they shed I feel their future slip away [Bridge – half-spoken over heavy riff, then massive breakdown] I see myself… In every broken home I see myself… In the anger I can’t let go [Breakdown – low chugs, guttural screams, gang vocals] I DIE INSIDE! I DIE INSIDE! I DIE INSIDE! [Final Chorus – epic, layered clean + screams] I DIE INSIDE! Still fighting through the ache The boy I buried still awakes With every breath, every scar The wound remains I DIE INSIDE! [Outro – clean vocals fading with feedback] With every song… With every poem… I still remember you…