Cracked Cornerstone

[Verse 1]
The city exhales, a concrete sigh at 3 AM,
Shadows stretch long where old scars began.
That quiet defiance, a history I claim,
This chip in my spirit, fueling this flame.

[Chorus]
This chip, my foundation, deep in the pour.
The weight I wouldn't shake, still at my core.
It's the skyline I climbed, from a fractured old door.

[Verse 2]
Past friendships, ephemeral, like mist on the glass,
But the lessons they etched, a structure built to last.
From Medellín's hum, a low, verdant drone,
I built this new empire, on a persistent stone.

[Chorus]
This chip, my foundation, deep in the pour.
The weight I wouldn't shake, still at my core.
It's the skyline I climbed, from a fractured old door.

[Bridge]
Every decay in the stucco, a story unseen,
My ambition, a wild river, cutting a deep ravine.
No inner peace, just the truth that I've known,
This burden, luminescent, etched in my bone.

[Outro]
Petrichor on asphalt, the future's wet gleam,
Still chasing shadows of a half-forgotten dream.