Lingering Fire

[Intro] Darkness inches closer, breath grows thin I count the echoes of the shaking within [Verse 1] I wear the night like a bruise that won’t heal Footsteps falter, heart locked on steel Every whisper cuts through the bone of me I’m a lone weathered statue in a storm’s debris [Chorus] This pain I cradle, it’s mine to carry alone In the silence, I find a stubborn bone I rise, though the night refuses to end I bend, I break, and still I mend [Verse 2] Eyes trace shadows that glare with ghosts of doubt I wrestle with chains that I’ve dragged out A furnace inside, it tempers, it sears Yet resilience hums, defiant through the fear [Chorus] This pain I cradle, it’s mine to carry alone In the silence, I find a stubborn bone I rise, though the night refuses to end I bend, I break, and still I mend [Bridge] If the dark wants to claim me, let it try I’ve learned to breathe through the void, I won’t die [Chorus] This pain I cradle, it’s mine to carry alone In the silence, I find a stubborn bone I rise, though the night refuses to end I bend, I break, and still I mend [Outro] Light threads through裂 the cracks I’ve made, I’ll endure The torment lingers, but so does the cure