Fortitude

[Verse 1] cracked knuckles bleeding on the bathroom floor

lost count of the nights I punched the fucking wall

faces in the mirror, flicker, taunt, distort

drained by monsters I can’t see, but still I brawl

stare into the static, sinking further down

venom on my tongue, regret in my chest

scars map my history, reminders of the war

rage bubbling under, never giving me rest

[Pre-Chorus] I taste the iron, feel hunger in my veins

can’t break the cycle, haunted by my own remains

[Chorus] darkness closes in

suffocating shroud pulls tight

every fucking nerve just screaming for relief

my mind’s split apart, shadows crawling in my sight

I’m paralyzed, trapped under disbelief

[Post-Chorus] oh oh oh

oh oh oh oh

[Verse 2] every breath a struggle

life’s a chore, no goddamn break

apathetic fog drags me under, makes me choke

want to disappear, just a risk I’m too afraid to take

[Pre-Chorus] if it were up to me

I’d let go, fade out

surrender to the void

a silent, endless route

[Chorus] darkness closes in

suffocating shroud pulls tight

every fucking nerve just screaming for relief

my mind’s split apart, shadows crawling in my sight

I’m paralyzed, trapped under disbelief

[Post-Chorus] oh oh oh

oh oh oh oh

[Bridge] my people, my reason, anchor in the storm

my flame in the dark, the twisted and the worn

for them I keep crawling, bleeding through the mist

for them I stay breathing, survive, exist

[Chorus] darkness closes in

suffocating shroud pulls tight

every fucking nerve just screaming for relief

my mind’s split apart, shadows crawling in my sight

I’m paralyzed, trapped under disbelief

[Post-Chorus] oh oh oh

oh oh

[Outro] darkness swallows hope, shroud pulls over eyes

fear of what’s ahead, makes my breath come shallow, tight

faceless threats circle, coil around my chest

unknown claws tear, leave me drained and restless

every breath gets heavier, each second drags me down

apathetic fog thick as hell, always pressing around

staggering through hours, soaked in silent agony

waiting for relief that never fucking comes for me

if I could end it, I’d sink into the void

let numbness take the wheel, drift without a voice

but something rough and real digs in, drags me back

my anchor in this sea of rot, keeps me from the black

my people, my reason, my broken burning spark

for them, I move forward through oblivion and dark

scarred but clinging to the spit left in my veins

I’ll crawl on splintered bones so they don’t feel the same