[Intro – a single piano note repeats like a nervous pulse. A low synth hum lingers, uneven. You can almost hear a breath being held back. The sound feels fragile, on the edge of breaking.] [Chorus 1] Every step I take, I falter, Every breath cuts through my chest. If I stumble at your doorway, Will you leave me where I rest? [Post-Chorus] Let me weaken, Let me fall. Let me weaken, Through it all. [Instrumental – bass enters as a trembling growl. Clean guitars ripple with delay. Drums land slow and heavy, cavernous. A faint choir hums beneath.] [Verse 1] There are nights I feel too heavy, There are mornings I can’t stand. Every word I try to carry Slips like water through my hands. [Verse 2] I have held my breath for hours, I have pressed my teeth to skin. Every crack becomes a window, Every wound lets something in. [Pre-Chorus – falsetto, fragile, whispered underneath] If I falter in your presence, Would you still be here with me? [Chorus 2] Every step I take, I falter, Every breath cuts through my chest. If I stumble at your doorway, Will you leave me where I rest? [Post-Chorus] Let me weaken, Let me fall. Let me weaken, Through it all. [Instrumental – guitars swell with distortion, synths flicker like static. Drums roll on toms like distant thunder. Strings climb, uneasy.] [Verse 3] There are scars along my body, There are names I can’t erase. Every tremor makes me fragile, Every tremor leaves a trace. [Pre-Chorus – whispered first, then breaking open in falsetto] If I falter in the silence, Will your hands still cover mine? [Bridge – stripped back to piano and falsetto. Strings creep in like a tide. Drums return with slow ritual strikes, echoing like a heartbeat.] If the ground gives way beneath me, If the walls are caving in, Take this weakness as devotion, Take the fracture as it is. [Solo / Instrumental Build-up – distorted guitar bends in mournful cries. Synth melody flickers. Drums quicken, hi-hats scatter like sparks. Choirs rise wordless, layered like breath. The storm builds, then drops suddenly into near-silence.] [Final Chorus 1] Every step I take, I falter, Every breath reminds me why. If the night should fall without me, Will you stay until I rise? [Post-Chorus] Let me weaken, Let me fall. Let me weaken, Through it all. [Final Chorus 2 – climax, raw, anguished, full band unleashed. Vocals strain with desperation, choirs swell, guitars roar.] Every step I take, I falter, Every wound is yours to keep. Even if my chest falls silent, You will find me in the deep. [Post-Chorus – screamed, falsetto, and whispered all at once] Let me weaken, Let me fall. Let me weaken, Through it all. [Extended Outro – piano motif returns, slower, fragile.] [Whispered refrain repeats:] “I will falter… I will falter…” [A final piano chord lingers, then silence.]
