the script

A tale of a relationship coming to an end; it had been "heaven" but both parties beginning to recognise that they are now pretending. They "gotta get it right".
I quite like this but am wondering if I have used the title/hook just a little too often. I'll leave it open for now but may change the track if it doesn't grow on me a little more. Any comments will be welcome?

When We Got It Right

“The Old Code” is a song about the invisible scripts that shape our reactions long before we understand them.
It’s about the rules we learned in childhood, the patterns we copied to survive, and the emotional reflexes that stayed with us long after they stopped serving us.
In this track, the narrator realizes that his body still follows an outdated program — a set of internal commands like stay quiet, endure, swallow it down, be strong, say nothing.
They once protected him.
Now they confine him.

The song unfolds like an internal dialogue:
Why do old emotions still flare up?
Why does the body react before the mind?
And why do behaviors from the past continue to run, even when life has changed?

The chorus hits with the core truth:
the old code is still active, still burning, but it no longer belongs to the man he is today.
Instead of blaming himself, he chooses honesty:
to see the code clearly, to recognize its patterns, to admit that it no longer fits.

The final conclusion is not resolution — it’s awakening.
A conscious decision to stop running on an inherited program and begin writing something new, even without knowing the next line yet.

“The Old Code” is a raw, modern rock confession about the courage it takes
to outgrow your own past.

The Old Code

Heaven Never Waits

No Sound Without Silence

Superheroes

Hall of Fame

Hall of Fame (feat. will.i.am)

The Script

The Man Who Can't Be Moved

For the First Time

Science & Faith

You Won't Feel a Thing

This = Love

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You Won't Feel a Thing

The Script

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