[Intro — distant piano / distorted ambient guitar] I can hear the world breaking… Like glass beneath a heartbeat. Everybody screaming for salvation While becoming the disease. ⸻ [Verse 1 — rhythmic spoken/rap flow] We built cathedrals outta ego, Fed the fire, watched it grow. Turned compassion into weakness, Turned our souls to overload. Everybody wants a savior, Nobody wants the scars. So we numb ourselves with noise While the darkness eats the stars. I see children learning hatred Before they even learn their names. And every generation passes down Another version of the pain. ⸻ [Pre-Chorus — melodic tension rise] But somewhere underneath the damage, Underneath the rage and fear, There’s still a pulse inside humanity Trying not to disappear. ⸻ [Chorus — huge melodic hook] We’re just ashes in the mirror, Trying to remember who we are. Broken hearts beneath the armor, Still reaching through the dark. And I can’t let the spirit die… No, I won’t let it fade away. If there’s still love beneath the ruins, Then maybe we can change. Maybe we can change… (repeating melodic hook) ⸻ [Verse 2 — heavier / faster flow] Everybody scrolling through the chaos, Dopamine and plastic souls. Trading truth for empty outrage, Losing touch with what makes us whole. And I fight this war inside me — The violence, doubt, the selfish need. ’Cause saving broken humanity Starts with facing what’s in me. ⸻ [Bridge — stripped emotional section] If pain is all we inherit, Then why do we still dream? Why does love survive the wreckage Like fire beneath debris? Maybe hope is an act of rebellion. Maybe mercy is the blade. Maybe healing starts the moment We stop looking away. ⸻ [Breakdown — heavy Metallica-style riffing] (Crushing palm-muted guitars, emotional screams layered with melodic harmonies, drums building into chaotic double-time release.) ⸻ [Final Chorus — full emotional crescendo] We’re just ashes in the mirror, But ashes still remember flame. And even in the deepest darkness Something human still remains. I can hear the spirit crying Through every wound we try to hide. And I swear beneath the ruins There’s still a light alive. Still alive… (repeating hook fading into layered harmonies) ⸻ [Outro — soft piano and distant guitar] Maybe the world was never broken… Maybe it was only lost.
