[Intro — distant wind, muted guitar, slow heartbeat-like drums]
[Clean vocals]
I used to think the road would never end.
Now every mile feels borrowed.
[Verse 1 — restrained clean vocals]
The years have carved their names in me,
Each scar a map I never planned to keep.
I drive through towns that look the same,
With ghosts asleep beneath the passenger seat.
Then a small hand reaches through the dust,
A wild-eyed spark with nowhere left to run.
I said I couldn’t be her shelter—
Still, I turned the wheel and took her on.
[Pre-Chorus — rising intensity, extreme vocals]
I’M NOT YOUR SAVIOR!
I’M NOT YOUR HOME!
BUT YOU WON’T FACE
THIS ROAD ALONE!
[Chorus — soaring clean vocals, full band]
I’ll carry you the last mile,
Though these bones are wearing thin.
I can’t undo the world you’ve known,
But I can stand between.
If the night comes down around us,
If the road gives out beneath—
I’ll carry you the last mile.
You can be more than what they made you be.
[Breakdown — heavy half-time, abrupt stops]
[Extreme vocals]
NO MORE RUNNING!
NO MORE CHAINS!
YOU ARE NOT
THEIR LAST REMAINS!
[Verse 2 — rhythmic clean vocals, heavier guitars]
The others wait beyond the border,
A fragile hope beneath the trees.
I watch you learn to trust the silence,
And hear the life I lost in your breathing.
I never knew how to be gentle;
I only knew to take the hit.
But when the world came reaching for you,
I found the strength to answer it.
[Pre-Chorus — extreme vocals, building]
I’M NOT YOUR SAVIOR!
I’M NOT YOUR HOME!
BUT YOU WON’T FACE
THIS ROAD ALONE!
[Chorus — bigger, layered vocals]
I’ll carry you the last mile,
Though these bones are wearing thin.
I can’t undo the world you’ve known,
But I can stand between.
If the night comes down around us,
If the road gives out beneath—
I’ll carry you the last mile.
You can be more than what they made you be.
[Bridge — stripped-back clean vocals, soft strings]
I spent so long believing
That all I left was pain.
Then you reached for my hand
And called me by my name.
I can’t promise you a future.
I can only give you this:
A moment without fear,
A place where you exist.
[Final Breakdown — crushing guitars, stop-start hits]
[Extreme vocals]
TAKE MY YEARS!
TAKE MY STRENGTH!
YOU DON’T TAKE
HER NEXT BREATH!
[Final Chorus — full band, emotional clean vocals]
I’ll carry you the last mile,
Though these bones are wearing thin.
I can’t undo the world you’ve known,
But I can stand between.
When the night comes down around us,
When the road gives out beneath—
I carried you the last mile.
Now you can choose what you will be.
[Outro — soft guitar, fading strings]
[Clean vocals]
Keep going.
I’ll be with you.
