[Intro] (Vinyl crackle. Distant thunder. A heartbeat slowly fades in beneath haunting piano.) [Male – whispered] Every prison has a story... Every scar has a name... [Female – whispered] Sometimes the only way out... ...is through the fire. [Verse 1] (Spoken/whispered over scratching turntables, deep bass, and atmospheric guitar swells) [Male] Every hallway echoed back my name, Thought loving you was winning the game. Built these walls with blood and pride, Locked the truth where the ghosts could hide. Every promise turned into smoke, Every "forever" was another joke. I wore these chains like a second skin, Never realized the war lived within. [Female] I saw the cracks before you did, Watched your light grow cold and dim. You kept dancing with the undertow, Refusing every chance to let it go. Every tear became another wave, Trying to pull you to an early grave. But beneath the silence I could see, The fighter you forgot to be. [Pre-Chorus] (Building tension with whispered gang vocals and rising guitars) [Male] I carried yesterday like chains of stone... Never knew this prison was my own... [Female] You stole the mirror from my face, Now watch me leave without a trace. [Chorus] (Explosive, melodic, shouted) [Both] You took my kindness for a sign of my weakness! Used my devotion just to feed your own sickness! Did everything you could to destroy me, But every day away from you is breaking the misery! Yeah, I was baptized in your fire, But now that flame is my funeral pyre! Watch the walls fall, watch the prison break— Look at me now, I’m finally awake! [Verse 2] (Rap-rock groove with syncopated guitars and punchy drums) [Female] You played your kingdom with a paper crown, Thought every heartbeat would keep me down. Funny how silence can speak so loud, Now I'm standing taller than the crowd. Every lie became another spark, Lighting up the corners of the dark. You built a castle out of fear and doubt, Now watch every stone come crashing out. [Male] Found the key inside the pain, Turned every scar into a hurricane. You wrote my ending before page one, Now watch me rewrite what I've become. No more ghosts pulling at my sleeve, No more reasons left to believe. I'm walking out with nothing to prove— Just everything left to lose. [Bridge] (Half-time breakdown. Down-tuned guitars. Massive toms. Crowd chants.) [Both] TEAR IT DOWN! No more shadows... No more chains... [Male] You don't own my heartbeat— [Female] You don't own my name— [Both] Every brick is falling! Nothing stays the same! Burn it down! Watch it crumble! Hear the silence after thunder! One last breath... One last fight... We're walking into the light! [Final Chorus] (Maximum energy, soaring harmonies, layered gang vocals) [Both] You took my kindness for a sign of my weakness! Used my devotion just to feed your own sickness! Did everything you could to destroy me, But every day away from you is breaking the misery! Yeah, I was baptized in your fire, But now that flame is my funeral pyre! Watch the walls fall, watch the prison break— Look at me now, I’m finally awake! [Outro] (Soft guitar harmonics with distant vinyl crackle fading away) [Female] Set me free. [Male] You couldn't break me. [Both] Set me free. The cage is empty.
