(Intro – Spoken Word, Echoed Like Distant Footsteps)
Yeah… chapter two.
For the nights that cut deeper than truth,
For the shadows that follow even when you run,
For the love you lost, the battles you didn’t ask for—
This one’s yours.
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(Verse 1 – Slow, Heavy)
Shadows creep in like unwanted friends,
Whispers in my head say the world’s gonna end.
Faces bend, walls breathe, reality shakes,
I’m drowning in the echoes that my mind creates.
Schizo nights got me scared of my own name,
Trying to fight ghosts that don’t play fair games.
Every step’s a trigger, every thought’s a knife,
Trying to keep a grip on a runaway life.
Cancer knocking at the family door,
Took pieces of my hope I can’t restore.
Loss carved in my chest like a brand-new scar,
Life don’t fight fair, it just pulls you apart.
And the man I loved? Locked up and gone—
Not from crime, just the weight he carried too long.
His insecurities built a prison in his mind,
Left me holding memories he left behind.
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(Chorus – Stronger, More Hollow Than Before)
I’m still walking with my shadows, they don’t disappear,
Fighting wars in my head no one else can hear.
Truth ain’t pretty, pain don’t ever disguise,
I lost love, lost hope, but I’m still on the rise.
I’m breaking, I’m aching, but I’m still breathing,
Holding on to faith even when I’m bleeding.
I ain’t a hero, just a soul that survived,
This is chapter two—still staying alive.
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(Verse 2 – Darker, Deeper, More Confessional)
I watched cancer take joy like a thief in the dark,
Made the brightest days feel cold and stark.
And losing my husband? That tore out my spine,
He wasn’t dead, but he wasn’t still mine.
The lock-up changed him, made his heart retreat,
Left me facing life on these lonely streets.
Trying to raise kids with a smile so fake,
Holding the world together before I break.
My mind plays tricks, paints fears in the sky,
Tells me I’m unworthy, tells me goodbye.
Shadows say I’m alone, say love wasn’t real,
Say everything I touch I somehow kill.
But still I rise, even cracked, even torn,
I walk through storms where monsters are born.
Life cut me deep, but I refuse to fall,
A ghost with a heartbeat, still standing tall.
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(Bridge – Faster, More Emotional, Almost Breaking)
Yeah, I’ve lost love, lost time, lost sleep,
Lost pieces of myself I’ll never keep.
Voices scream truths that aren’t always true,
But I fight back hard, ‘cause that’s what I do.
My pain ain’t pretty, but it’s mine to own,
These shadows walk with me, but I’m not alone.
I carry my losses like tattoos on my skin,
Broken, but damn— I still walk in.
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(Chorus – Stronger, More Defiant)
I’m still walking with my shadows, they don’t disappear,
Fighting wars in my head no one else can hear.
Truth ain’t pretty, pain don’t ever disguise,
I lost love, lost hope, but I’m still on the rise.
I’m breaking, I’m aching, but I’m still breathing,
Holding on to faith even when I’m bleeding.
I ain’t a hero, just a soul that survived,
Thi
