[Intro – E minor, 76 BPM, furious 16th-note resonator fingerpicking, aggressive metallic slide runs, mournful fiddle melody, restless double-time rhythm, no drums] [Verse 1 – Deep gritty male baritone, clenched-jaw delivery, suppressed anger, sorrow beneath every phrase, restrained vocal runs at line endings, rapid resonator picking] I wake up tired, another day to face, A thousand things demanding all my time. I work like hell but never leave this place, Just chasing after mountains I can't climb. [Verse 1 Continued – Increasing vocal rasp, trembling frustration, subtle descending bluesy vocal runs, sharp resonator attacks, weeping fiddle responses] I give my all, but nothing ever stays, The hours disappear into the night. I'm working harder every damn day, But somehow nothing ever turns out right. [Chorus – Explosive gritty male baritone, powerful sustained chest-voice belts, long ascending and descending melismatic vocal runs, anguished cries, anger cracking into grief, aggressive resonator strumming, soaring sorrowful fiddle] I'm running on emmmpty, with nothing left to give, Still dragging all this weight along the ground. I scream for help, but never make a sound, Just trying to remember how to live. [Extended Vocal Run – Hold final vowel, powerful five-to-seven-note descending bluesy run, gravelly vibrato, emotional voice break, fiddle echoes vocal melody] I'm tired of fighting battles I can't win, I'm drowning while the world keeps passing by. I keep on smiling, never knowing why, Then wake tomorrow just to start agaaaain. [Extended Vocal Run – Long soaring ascending run on final word, strained chest voice transitioning into raw falsetto crack, descending into exhausted gravelly baritone] [Verse 2 – Fast aggressive resonator fingerpicking, bitter near-spoken baritone, restrained blues-inflected vocal ornaments, fiddle answering between phrases] There's always something waiting at the door, Another damn thing stealing all my time. I give until there's nothing anymore, Then get back up and tell myself I'm fine. [Verse 2 Continued – Rougher vocals, resentment rising, emotional descending runs, harsher fiddle bowing, relentless syncopated guitar] I used to think that someday I'd find rest, That all this work would lead to something more. But every day just puts me to the test, And leaves me even emptier than before. [Chorus – Furious resonator strumming, anguished shouting-singing, extended soulful melismas, powerful rising belts, controlled vocal distortion, emotionally cracked high notes, mournful soaring fiddle] I'm running on emmmpty, with nothing left to give, Still dragging all this weight along the ground. I scream for help, but never make a sound, Just trying to remember how to live. [Extended Vocal Run – Long ascending five-note run into sustained gritty high note, descending seven-note emotional release, natural vocal cracking] I'm tired of fighting battles I can't win, I'm drowning while the world keeps passing by. I keep on smiling, never knowing why, Then wake tomorrow just to start agaaaain. [Extended Vocal Run – Desperate soaring vocal belt, wide bluesy melodic run, trembling vibrato, voice breaking into a breathless finish] [Bridge – Abrupt instrumental breakdown, isolated resonator notes, lonely sustained fiddle, fragile whispered male baritone, slow sorrowful descending vocal runs, anger collapsing into grief] I don't need much, just one day to be free, Where every breath ain't something I must earn. Where nothing breaks and nothing needs return, And nobody needs another piece of me. [Bridge Vocal Climax – Hold "me" with fragile trembling vibrato, slow ascending soulful run, sudden cracked emotional break, breathless silence] [Instrumental Break – Furious resonator and fiddle duet, rapid fingerpicked runs, aggressive fiddle double-stops, frantic bow attacks, mournful sliding notes, escalating tension, brief silence] [Final Chorus – Starts as a trembling whisper, builds into furious full-chest belts, explosive gritty shouting-singing, strongest and longest melismatic runs, sustained high notes with raw vocal distortion, emotional cracks between anger and heartbreak, frantic resonator and soaring fiddle] I'm running on emmmpty, with nothing left to give, Been chasing something I have never found. A thousand miles, but still the same old ground, And I don't know how much longer I can giiiive. [Extended Vocal Run – Massive sustained chest-voice belt, eight-note ascending and descending bluesy melisma, natural voice crack, aching vibrato, fiddle harmonizing beneath] I'm tired of fighting just to make it through, I'm tired of days that steal away my nights. Of giving everything to make things right, And never having time for what I love to doooo. [Final Vocal Climax – Longest emotional vocal run, soaring gritty upper-register belt, descending bluesy melisma, anguished cry, voice cracking and falling into exhausted breath]
