Look At Me

(Verse 1 – Pop)
(Upbeat synth intro with a clean, driving drum machine beat)
Woke up this morning, sun in my eyes, yeah
Another perfect day beneath these clear blue skies, yeah
Got my coffee ready, got my shoes tied tight
Everything’s in place, yeah, everything’s so bright
They said I’d never make it, they said I’d fall apart
But look at me now, I’m playing my part
It’s all so simple, it’s all so clean
Living out the perfect scene
(Chorus – Pop)
(Synths swell, adding a layer of glossy harmony)
Oh-oh-oh, everything is golden, everything is gold
Living out the story that I’ve been told
Fighting all the whispers, fighting all the lies
Just a perfect picture in their perfect eyes
(Bridge – Transition to Punk)
(The synth glitches, the drum machine stutters, a single, distorted guitar chord rings out)
But what about the nights when the walls would close in?
What about the voices screaming from within?
This perfect picture, it’s a perfect lie
I had to bleed and break just to stay alive!
(Guitar feedback swells, the drum machine is replaced by a live, thrashing punk beat)
(Verse 2 – Punk)
(Raw, distorted power chords, frantic bassline, and pounding drums)
Yeah, they said I was a joke, a mess, a dead end street
Every single day, I was tasting defeat
Kicked down and left for dead, no light to be seen
Just a broken kid with a a shattered dream
They built their walls to keep me out, tried to cut me down
But every time I fell, I just got back up from the ground!
Screaming at the shadows, fighting in the dark
Leaving a bloodstained, jagged mark!
(Chorus – Punk)
(Vocal delivery becomes a raw, defiant shout)
Oh-oh-oh, this ain’t no perfect picture, this ain’t no perfect life
It’s a jagged, ugly story cut with a rusty knife!
Yeah, I fought against the shadows, fought against the pain
And I’d do it all again just to break their perfect chain!
(Guitar Solo – Short, fast, and aggressive)
(Outro – Punk)
(Repeats with increasing intensity)
Yeah, I’m here! I’m here!
Fighting every single fear!
I’m here! I’m here!
And I ain’t ever going to disappear!
(Final, sustained power chord with a crash of cymbals)