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[Verse 1 - dusty acoustic guitar, steady brushed drums, weary but warm male vocal]
I used to hide my hands in my sleeves
And lie to the mirror, lie to the street
Chasing a ghost with a face like mine
Burning my days just to borrow time
Needle in my arm, blade in my skin
I was lettin’ the dark keep winnin’ again
But the dawn kept knockin’ on my busted door
Sayin’ “boy, you can’t live like this anymore”

[Pre-Chorus - rising drums, electric guitar swells, raw harmony lift]
So I crawled through the smoke and the shame
Through the wreckage, through the whisperin’ pain
With a trembling heart and a prayer on my tongue
I found a little light where none had been hung

[Chorus - full band, driving rock drums, soaring guitars, anthemic vocal]
I’m a little less broken than I was last night
A little more alive in the pale moonlight
Still got scars, but they don’t own me now
I’m learnin’ how to stand when I’m fallin’ down
Yeah, I lost my way, but I found my name
In the hard-earned truth and the healing flame
I’m not who I was, I’m still on my knees
But I’m comin’ back clean, one day at a time, please

[Verse 2 - gritty electric guitar, pedal steel undercurrent, honest conversational vocal]
There were cold motel mornings, ash on the floor
Friends turned to shadows, I couldn’t keep score
Mama’s tears on the phone like a thunderstorm
Saying “come home, baby, let the good Lord warm”
I had to face the man in the cracked-up glass
Tell him “you don’t get to drag me back”
So I traded the rush for a softer rain
And I learned how to sit with the hurt and the pain

[Pre-Chorus - drums building, background vocals, determined lift]
Now every small victory feels like a song
Every sober sunrise says I belonged
To a life I thought I’d never deserve
Now I’m walkin’ that line, still catchin’ my nerve

[Chorus - full band, bigger harmonies, triumphant country-rock power]
I’m a little less broken than I was last night
A little more alive in the pale moonlight
Still got scars, but they don’t own me now
I’m learnin’ how to stand when I’m fallin’ down
Yeah, I lost my way, but I found my name
In the hard-earned truth and the healing flame
I’m not who I was, I’m still on my knees
But I’m comin’ back clean, one day at a time, please

[Bridge - stripped-back piano and acoustic, vulnerable vocal, distant steel guitar]
If you see me tremblin’, don’t turn away
I’m just a man rebuildin’ from yesterday
And if I stumble, I’ll rise again
With the grace of a night that finally ends

[Final Chorus - big drums, electric guitar harmonies, lifted vocal with grit and hope]
I’m a little less broken than I was last night
A little more alive in the pale moonlight
Still got scars, but they don’t own me now
I’m learnin’ how to stand when I’m fallin’ down
Yeah, I lost my way, but I found my name
In the hard-earned truth and the healing flame
I’m not who I was, I’m still on my knees
But I’m comin’ back clean, one day at a time, please

[Outro - fading acoustic guitar, soft harmonies, wind-swept steel guitar]
One day at a time
One breath, one mile, one line
I’m comin’ back clean
And I’m finally mine