[Intro - piano solo with soft strings]
Fluorescent hum, a hush before the storm,
A thread of light through rafters, brittle and warm.
[Verse 1 - intimate piano, close vocal]
Rubber thud — the ball ricocheted like fate,
Scoreboard smeared to neon, the world turned watercolor late.
Sneakers skid, a metallic echo down the hall,
I tasted copper on my tongue, gravity began to call.
[Pre-Chorus - strings begin to swell]
Hands in a blur, a crowd in a slow-mo frame,
Voices like glass, someone screaming my name.
[Chorus - full pop drums, strings lift, cathartic]
Then the gym roof rang — the teacher called my name,
A single shout that cracked the air, and everything went black.
Flashes of white, the fluorescent hum, the scoreboard's flame,
Blurry vision, stronger heart.
(Blurry vision, stronger heart)
[Verse 2 - piano with a subtle harp motif]
I woke in a room of mint and vinyl chairs,
The nurse leaned close, unblinking, with that crooked stare.
She said, "Life sucks, but you can get through it." — like a bell,
Her words a crooked lighthouse when the water fell.
[Pre-Chorus 2 - strings warm, piano steady]
Why say that to a kid who'd just fallen from a play?
Her calm stole the fear, then dreams pulled me away.
[Chorus - drums hit harder, staccato strings]
Then the gym roof rang — the teacher called my name,
A single shout that cracked the air, and everything went black.
Sneakers skidding, the rubber thud, the metallic echo of the game,
Blurry vision, stronger heart.
(Blurry vision, stronger heart)
[Bridge - classical sweep, piano arpeggios, soaring strings]
I fell into a hole, a pitch where moonlight died,
Screamed until my ribs hollowed out, until I gasped for sky.
The darkness tasted old, like hallways after lights go dim,
But that nurse's voice cut through — a lighthouse limb.
[Bridge - whispered, intimate]
"Life sucks, but you can get through it." — her voice like dawn,
I clung to that strange mercy until the shadow was gone.
[Verse 3 - return to piano, gentle strings]
Then I blinked — back on the gym floor, the gloss of polished boards,
My friends relieved, their mouths forming prayers and chords.
The teacher asked if I was okay; I breathed and said
"Yes," and let the sun uncrumple from my chest instead.
[Final Chorus - full pop/classical fusion, triumphant strings]
Then the gym roof rang — the teacher called my name,
A single shout that cracked the air, and everything went black.
But I woke again with the taste of copper gone, the hum the same,
Blurry vision, stronger heart.
(Blurry vision, stronger heart)
[Outro - piano and solo violin, reflective]
Now I carry that odd kindness like a coin in my palm,
A quiet proof that even ache can turn to calm.
The nurse's line keeps ringing, steady as the tide:
"Life sucks, but you can get through it." — and I survived.
Blurry vision, stronger heart.
(Blurry vision, stronger heart)
