While I Tried to Live | Original Song About Burnout, Pain & Survival

A deeply personal original song about chronic pain, exhaustion and burnout—and the years spent trying to outrun the warning signs through work. “While I Tried to Live” begins with life as it is now: waking already tired, struggling through an ordinary morning and feeling spent before the day has properly begun. It then looks back at how I arrived there—ignoring the pain, burying everything beneath work and continuing to push forward without seeing myself breaking. It isn’t a tidy recovery story or a request for sympathy. It is simply an honest account of surviving, carrying on and gradually understanding what all those years had cost. “Somewhere between running and rest, I lost track of what was left.” Lyrics, concept and vocals by Sledge Hammer. Find more of my original music on SoundCloud:   / sledge-hammer-8   #OriginalMusic #Burnout #ChronicPain