[Verse 1] I wake up in the middle of what’s left Same air, but nothing feels the same Every room still holds the shape Of everything that broke away I move through it like I know the way Like nothing ever changed at all But every step is heavier now Like I’m walking through the fall [Pre-Chorus] I don’t say it, I don’t show But it never really let me go [Chorus] I carry the collapse Inside every breath I take I carry the collapse Nothing here is left to break I carry the collapse And I don’t know how to set it down [Verse 2] There are pieces I don’t touch anymore Names I don’t let myself repeat Things that stay just out of reach But never really leave I learned how to keep it in How to look like I’m still whole But underneath the surface line It never lost control [Pre-Chorus] It’s quiet, but it’s always there In everything I used to care [Chorus] I carry the collapse Inside every breath I take I carry the collapse Nothing here is left to break I carry the collapse And I don’t know how to set it down [Guitar Solo] [melodic 2000s gothic rock guitar solo, mid-tempo feel, emotional lead phrasing, sustained bends, rising tension, atmospheric tone, expressive but controlled intensity] [Verse 3] Now I don’t call it what it was I don’t try to name it right It’s just the weight that stays with me Every hour, every night There’s no ending I can reach No clean line to step across It’s not something I survived It’s something I have lost [Bridge] No fixing what’s already formed No way back to what came before It doesn’t fade, it doesn’t leave It just becomes part of me [Final Chorus] I carry the collapse Inside every breath I take I carry the collapse Nothing here is left to break I carry the collapse And I don’t know how to set it down [Outro] I carry it… I carry the collapse…
