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[Intro] [Energy: Low] (Single electric guitar, clean tone, slow build) (No vocals — 8 bars of quiet intensity) [Verse 1] [Energy: Low] Got the scholarship, lost the thread, Three semesters in and almost dead— Talked my way back through the door, Still couldn't find what I was working for. Got the job, and lost the job, Kept on teaching my own self to climb— Every rung I reached just raised the bar, Safety always one more dollar behind. [Pre-Chorus] [Energy: Building] Ten months out, the darkness came, Panic every night, my chest in flames— Felt like dying, felt like done— But I got up when the morning came. [Chorus 🔥] [Energy: Explosive] I worked so hard, Harder than you'll ever know— I worked so hard, Watched the finish line just go— Won some, lost some, Crashed and burned and rose— I worked so hard— And I never once felt safe— But that's just how it goes. [Verse 2] [Energy: Low] Lost eighty pounds in ten hard months, Got strong, got fit, got proud for once— Then gained it all back plus twenty more, Diabetes, arthritis, couldn't keep the score. Walked with a cane, drove with a sticker, Debt piled up and the walls got thicker— Somebody sold me a fraudster's dream, Bankrupted me right down to the seam. [Pre-Chorus] [Energy: Building] Almost lost the house but didn't fall, Kept on climbing with my back against the wall— Every time I thought I'd cleared the debt— Life just raised the ceiling, raised the bet. [Chorus 🔥] [Energy: Explosive] I worked so hard, Harder than you'll ever know— I worked so hard, Watched the finish line just go— Won some, lost some, Crashed and burned and rose— I worked so hard— And I never once felt safe— But that's just how it goes. [Bridge] [Energy: Mid] (Guitar drops to clean single notes) (Vocal raw, close-mic, almost spoken) The money kept on growing, The need kept growing more— I don't know what safe feels like— Never found that shore. Maybe safe was never real, Maybe it was always bait— Maybe men like me just run Until we hit the gate. [Energy: Building] But I got off the meds, I lost the cane, I ran a 5k in the rain— I paid the debt, I made the climb, I'll work this hard Till the end of time— [Chorus 🔥] [Energy: Explosive] I worked so hard, Harder than you'll ever know— I worked so hard, Watched the finish line just go— Won some, lost some, Crashed and burned and rose— I worked so hard— And I never once felt safe— [Post-Chorus] [Energy: High] And I'm okay with that— Yeah I'm okay with that— Never felt the landing— But I never once looked back— I worked so hard— Yeah— I worked so hard. [Outro] [Energy: Low] [Fade Out] (Single guitar, fading) Still working... Still reaching... Never landing... Still here.