Why Do I Try

(Intro)

(Heavy mechanical grinding)

(Vocal sample echoing: "Why do I try...")

(The beat drops with a devastating bass hit)

(Verse 1 - Hyper-fast, aggressive rapid-fire rap)

I put my heart on the block, I put my soul on the line

I gave up everything I had just trying to make you all mine

I scratch the walls till they bleed, I plant the seeds in the dirt

But all I ever harvest is a heavy cycle of hurt

I dress it up for the show, I put the mask on my face

I run as fast as I can but I am stuck in the place

I open up every door, I lay the bricks on the floor

I scream my lungs to the sky until my throat is just sore

It’s an exhausting routine, a systematic machine

I’m looking clear through the static for a cinematic scene

But every hand that I hold just turns immediately cold

Another predictable story that has already been told

I fix my hair and my clothes, I check the look in the glass

I try to build up a future out of pieces of past

But I am hitting a wall, I take a hell of a fall

I’m standing out in the rain and getting no response to my call!

(Chorus - Heavy, yelled anthem vocals over massive industrial clangs)

WHY DO I TRY WHEN IT ALL TEARS DOWN?!

WHY DO I REACH WHEN I’M BOUND TO DROWN?!

I DIG THROUGH THE ASHES, I GIVE IT MY ALL!

BUT THE HIGHER I CLIMB, THE HARDER I FALL!

WHY DO I TRY?!

(Whisper: Give it up now...)

(Verse 2 - Double-time, breathless speed rap)

Step back, look at the track, look at the panic attack

I’m packing everything up, there is no turning it back

I buy the flowers, the drinks, I follow every design

I rewrite every single word to make it perfectly align

I am the modern believer, a frantic overachiever

But every connection I spark is hit with absolute fever

They pull away when I look, they close the pages and book

They leave me hanging alone right on a desperate hook

I put the work in the frame, I play the terrible game

I swear I’m changing my tactics but the result is the same

It’s a structural fault, a heavy lock on the vault

They leave my heart in the dirt and then they cover with salt

I’m picking up all the glass, I watch the minutes amass

I’m running clean out of gas, I wish the feeling would pass

I gave you every piece of my mind, I left the armor behind

And now I’m standing completely broken and blind!

(Bridge - Ticking clock sound, pulsing sub-bass)

(Spoken low, fast, and desperate)

Check the clock. Ticking fast. Nothing built is made to last.

Another night, another face. Another dark, empty space.

I did the best that I could do. I changed my world to fit for you.

And still I’m standing here alone...

(Instruments swell into a chaotic screech)

WITH NOTHING LEFT TO CALL MY OWN!!

(Chorus - Maximum intensity, explosive vocals)

WHY DO I TRY WHEN IT ALL TEARS DOWN?!

WHY DO I REACH WHEN I’M BOUND TO DROWN?!

I DIG THROUGH THE ASHES, I GIVE IT MY ALL!

BUT THE HIGHER I CLIMB, THE HARDER I FALL!

(Outro)

(Heavy instruments vanish, leaving a fading delay)

I gave it everything... and came up short.

(A heavy metallic door-slam echoes)