[STYLE: Preserve the existing remix instrumental. Keep the established early-2000s melodic post-hardcore sound, emotional live-band energy, ringing distorted guitars, driving punk drums, dynamic builds, soaring melodic choruses, and the existing chord progression and arrangement. Do not substantially rewrite the instrumental.] [VOCALS: Male. Youthful tenor. Emotionally transparent early-2000s post-hardcore with a Midwestern emo heart. Intimate conversational verses. Gradually building pre-choruses. Huge melodic hopeful choruses with layered harmonies and subtle gang vocals. Warm, sincere, compassionate delivery. Natural vocal cracks preserved. Bridge nearly spoken before lifting into the final chorus. "I'll be right here waiting for you" should feel like a genuine promise rather than a performance.] This is a song for the brokenhearted I'm writing this because I've been where you are I know sometimes you're too paralyzed To even know where to start again Keep holding on Even if you've lost the plot It's okay sometimes to cry your eyes out It's okay if you can't smile Just let it out If you have to scream it out Don't let anybody think for you Just break the rules they made Be a rebel Break out of your shell Don't let this become your cell I'll be right here waiting for you Keep holding on I'll break you out Out of this prison This is a song for the ones left behind Who still hear the voices of the ones they've lost I know sometimes the silence gets so loud That being alone feels heavier than it should I hope you see them again someday I hope there is a heaven waiting for you But if there isn't Carry every good memory with you I hope you heal I hope I do too If your hands keep shaking If your sleeves stay stained You can still come through You can still come through Just break the rules they made Be a rebel Break out of your shell Don't let this become your cell I'll be right here waiting for you Keep holding on I'll break you out Out of this prison Of expectations Of all the weight they put on you Of every name they ever called you I know it cuts I know it leaves a mark But you're still here And that's a start Just break the rules they made Be a rebel Break out of your shell Don't let this become your cell I'll be right here waiting for you Keep holding on I'll break you out Out of this prison If you stay broken I'll still be right here waiting for you
