Cracked Reflections

The image and thumbnail was done by Chat Gpt, the song done in Suno. This is a pretty personal song ive been wanting to do for awhile and I can finally share it. I want to thank @ChiralChikage for getting me into the community he was the first one I interacted with and talked with. I want to thank @Keeen_EN and his community for pushing me to start chasing my dream of making music and just the whole skybros community for being so awesome, and I appreciate everyone I've intertacted with. this is something I still fight daily in my head. The self-hatred, the self-doubt, those dark thoughts that threaten to swallow you whole. ive been close to pulling the trigger more than a few times but the memories and the thought of leaving those who have shown me that they love and care, has kept me strong enough to continue on and live my life. I hope others can remember that there are people who care and will miss them if they ever dissappear. Verse 1 The mirror's cracked, I don't recognize the face A stranger wearing skin I can't embrace Every thought's a current pulling me below Screaming that I'm worthless, telling me to go No one beside me when the lights go out Just me and all my demons and my doubt Pre-Chorus But somewhere underneath the noise and pain A flicker holds its flame out in the rain Chorus I'm barely breathing, barely holding on Fighting silent battles since before the dawn Standing at the edge of everything I've known But I think of the ones who'd crumble if I were gone No, I think of their faces and I know I can't move on Bridge 1 I won't say it's easy Coming home to quiet walls No one there to catch me Every time I fall But my friends still check on me Even when I push them away And my family says I love you Like they're scared I won't stay Verse 2 I've written goodbyes and folded them away Stared into the dark for the better part of days No hand to hold, no shoulder, no embrace Just the echo of the ones I'd leave in this place But then I heard my mother's laugh inside my head And every word I'd written went unread Pre-Chorus Because somewhere in the wreckage I can feel The weight of all their love reminding me I'm real Chorus I'm barely breathing, barely holding on Fighting silent battles since before the dawn Standing at the edge of everything I've known But I think of the ones who'd crumble if I were gone No, I think of their faces and I know I can't move on Bridge 2 There are nights I come undone Convinced that no one really sees Then I find an old voicemail From someone who still believes They never knew how close I was To letting the darkness win But the thought of their grief Is the thing that pulls me in Verse 3 I'm not who I was when this darkness began Been broken so long I forgot who I am But I look at the people still fighting for me And maybe the person they see is worth being I don't have a lover to pull me to shore But I've got enough reasons to open the door To crawl through the wreckage and rise from the floor And fight for a future worth living toward Pre-Chorus Because somewhere inside me the war's not done And I'll keep on standing till the morning comes Chorus I'm barely breathing, barely holding on Fighting silent battles since before the dawn Standing at the edge of everything I've known But I think of the ones who'd crumble if I were gone No, I think of their faces and I know I can't move on Outro So I'm still here Still standing on my own Still here Even when I feel alone Cracked and tired But I carry on for them I'm still here And I'll find myself again Yeah, I'm still here