Hold the line

Intro (clean → tension build) (Clean minor arpeggio, light palm-mute under it. Slow tom build.) Count the breath Count the strain Hold the wire Feel the chain Nothing moves Nothing breaks Not yet (Full band explodes into fast riff) Verse 1 (Riff A – tight gallop) Lean on the fracture Count every breath Stack up the pressure Call it a test (Riff B – rhythmic shift) Grip on the silence Tighten the thread Wait for the splinter Under the skin (Riff C – punchy) Push on the weak spot Press on the seam Bet on the breaking You’ve never seen Pre-Chorus It builds It stays It doesn’t fade Under the skin Where it was made Chorus Push harder Make it count Drive it in Wear it down Every blow Sets the line You don’t move What’s not mine Verse 2 (Riff A variation) Strike at the surface Hammer the frame Call it collapse Call it a name (Riff B) Lean into weakness Hunt for the bend Wait for the moment It gives in (Riff C – tighter, faster) Load up the tension Count down the strain Measure the damage Call it gain Pre-Chorus It builds It stays It doesn’t fade Under the skin Where it was made Chorus Push harder Make it count Drive it in Wear it down Every blow Sets the line You don’t move What’s not mine Bridge (half-time chug, darker) Not loud Not wild Built slow Built hard You can strike You can grind But you don’t Redefine Final Chorus (double-time feel, tighter delivery) Push harder Make it count Drive it in Wear it down All that weight All that grind You don’t move What’s not mine