Chokehold from Ouroboros Rising by Alysstrasza

[Verse 1]
Pressure coils beneath my ribs
I bite back storms I cannot give
Shadows press, the air is thin
The silence claws beneath my skin

[Chorus]
Wrapped in wires I cannot break
A quiet war that will not shake
Buried deep, yet still I strive
Clawing for breath, to stay alive

[Verse 2]
Hands of doubt constrict and bind
Every secret twists my mind
I swallow pain, I bar the door
The air grows heavy, nothing more

[Pre-Chorus]
Every scream entombed in bone
Every loss I bear alone

[Verse 3]
The mirror fractures, eyes grown dim
A ghost stares back, it is not him
Heartbeat pounding, trapped in glass
A prison built that will not pass

[Chorus]
Wrapped in wires I cannot break
A quiet war that will not shake
Buried deep, yet still I strive
Clawing for breath, to stay alive

[Verse 4]
Whispers coil, distort, insist
A heavy fog I can’t resist
I dig, I scrape, I bleed within
The fight is silent, caged in skin

[Pre-Chorus]
Every scream entombed in bone
Every loss I bear alone

[Chorus]
Wrapped in wires I cannot break
A quiet war that will not shake
Buried deep, yet still I strive
Clawing for breath, to stay alive

[Bridge]
Chains still rattle, sharp with pain
Every shadow speaks my name
A spark remains, though nearly gone
I grip the dark, I carry on

[Final Chorus]
Bound in silence, I refuse to fall
This battlefield consumes it all
Buried deep, yet still I strive
Clawing for breath, to stay alive

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