“WEIGHT OF A BROKEN WORLD” (©CHRIS@ASTI@2013) --- [Intro – Soft Piano, Pad, Clean Guitar Arpeggio] Am – F – C – G Am (Piano soft, distant reverb) The shadows move, across the cities made of rust F (Gentle pad swelling) The stories fade, buried under blinded trust C (Clean guitar picking begins) The quiet cries of people drowning in the noise G A world so loud, it suffocates their voice --- [Verse 1 – Piano + Acoustic Guitar + Soft Strings] Am The oceans rise, but no one feels the tide F The forests fall, with no place left to hide C The children stare, with hunger in their eyes G While towers shine, built on a thousand lies Am The leaders speak, but they don’t say a thing F They trade our future for a golden ring C The wars repeat, like chapters in a book G We watch it burn, afraid to even look --- [Pre-Chorus – Strings swelling, drums enter softly] F The weight is heavy, pressing on our bones G A world collapsing, underneath our homes Am We pray for mercy, we pray for one last chance C But still we march, in this endless dance --- [Chorus – Full band, electric guitar widening, big drums] F Oh, the weight of this broken world we carry every day C We stumble through the ashes, searching for a way G The nights grow even darker, the truth is hard to see Am But maybe there is something left inside you and me F Oh, the weight of this broken world, it’s tearing at the seams C We’re fighting for tomorrow inside forgotten dreams G Yet somehow in the chaos, a spark is burning bright Am A whisper that reminds us: we still can make this right --- [Instrumental Break – Guitar riff + low brass] Am – G – F – C (Electric guitar plays a slow mourning melody, cinematic strings behind it) --- [Verse 2 – Acoustic Guitar + Vocal layers] Am The poisoned air, we breathe it every day F The silent truth: we threw our youth away C The lonely hearts, connected but alone G In glowing screens, that never feel like home Am The rich grow richer while the poor stand still F A world divided by a dollar bill C The storms are stronger, the seasons rearranged G We close our eyes pretending nothing’s changed --- [Pre-Chorus – Darker, deeper] F But we can hear it, the cracking of the ground G A warning echo in the trembling sound Am A cry of millions carried by the wind C As if the world is begging us to mend --- [Chorus – Bigger, more emotional] F Oh, the weight of this broken world we carry in our hands C The fading light of forests, oceans, dying lands G The shadows of injustice, the wounds we failed to heal Am The voices lost in systems made of cold steel F Oh, the weight of this broken world, it pulls us to our knees C But somewhere in the ruins we find a spark of peace G And maybe if we stand together in the night Am We’ll learn again to turn this darkness into light --- [Bridge – Whisper vocals, soft synths, distant drums] Dm (soft) We are the hands that built the walls Am We are the ones who watched them fall F But in the dust, a seed remains C A fragile hope to break the chains Dm The world is crying, can’t you hear? Am It’s calling out through every fear F We can't undo what we have done G But we can change what we’ll become --- [Final Chorus – Massive, cinematic, choirs join] F Oh, the weight of this broken world won’t crush us anymore C We rise from all the ruins stronger than before G The storms may keep on raging, but still we choose to stand Am To heal the wounds we carved across the land F Oh, the weight of this broken world, it’s heavy but we’ll try C To mend the hearts that sorrow left behind G And maybe in the chaos there’s something left to save Am A spark inside the darkness brave enough to crave (choir swelling) a world that knows how to be kind again --- [Outro – Soft piano, fading strings, acoustic guitar] Am – F – C – G Am And as the night gives way to morning light F We breathe again, we live again, we fight C A broken world, but still we dare to dream G That healing starts somewhere in between
