"Voices Beyond the Distance"

I grew up surrounded, but silence filled my soul,
A thousand faces near me, yet I never felt whole.
Still, through the darkest moments, when the world turned cold and gray,
There stood the ones who loved me, and they never walked away.

Not the ones who call for shelter when their own skies start to fall,
Then disappear like shadows when you need them most of all.
I'm talking 'bout the real ones, the blood that held the line,
The hands that never left me when I thought I'd lost my mind.

Raise your voice and break these chains!
Let the thunder wash the pain away!
I won't bow, I won't fade, I won't run!
For the hearts that stood beside me when I had none!

Then I found some distant brothers scattered far beyond my street,
Miles apart, yet somehow they were always there for me.
Through the screens and late-night messages, through every rise and fall,
They reminded me I mattered when I felt so small.

A neighbor here, a kind soul there, a few who understand,
While most just pass beside me like a ghost upon the land.
And those who know my secret wear their laughter like a mask,
Hiding it behind their smiles, afraid to say it back.

Raise your voice and break these chains!
Let the thunder wash the pain away!
I won't bow, I won't fade, I won't run!
For the hearts that stood beside me when I had none!

This is freedom! This is fire!
This is gratitude burning higher!
To my family and my friends, wherever you may be,
You gave a lonely soul the strength to still be free!

The nights were long...
The silence deep...
The wounds unseen...

But every message, every embrace, every word that carried truth
Became another spark against the darkness.

I am not the laughter whispered behind my back.
I am not the shadow they pretend not to see.
I am not the loneliness that followed me for years.

I am the son of a family that never abandoned me.
I am the brother of friends who crossed every distance.
I am the memory of every hand that chose kindness.

And when the storm returns...

I will stand.
I will rise.
I will remember.

For every true friend...
For every true heart...
For every soul that stayed...

THIS IS MY FREEDOM!
THIS IS MY GRATITUDE!
THIS IS MY LIFE!

AND I WILL ROAR IT TO THE SKY!!!

Metal, Rock, Adventurous, Aggressive, Dark, Energetic, Epic, Heroic, Mysterious, Tense, Playful, Party, Deep Male Vocals, Drums, Keyboard, Electric Guitar, Bass, Synth, Very Fast (168-200 BPM)