[Intro — spoken]

Marcus had been on blood pressure pills for six years...

He felt fine without them...

So he stopped taking them three weeks ago...

[Verse 1]

Marcus worked a hundred hours every single week,

Corner office — closing deals — always at his peak,

Forty-seven years old and never slowed his pace,

Blood pressure pills felt like weakness — not his place.

Stopped them on a Tuesday — felt exactly the same,

Three weeks off the medication — still winning every game,

Sunday morning headache — worst he'd ever had,

Vision getting blurry — something going bad.

[Pre-Chorus]

Wife found him confused — sitting on the floor,

Blood pressure through the ceiling — two-thirty or more,

Rushed him to the hospital — sirens in the air,

Marcus was in trouble — beyond his own repair.

[Chorus]

Marcus is in crisis — pressure way too high,

Organs taking damage — happening right now — not by and by,

Brain and heart and kidneys — all under attack,

Marcus needs help now — there is no going back.

[Verse 2]

Doctor checked his eyes — vessels bleeding at the back,

Brain scan showed some swelling — pressure off the track,

Kidney numbers rising — damage happening fast,

Marcus finally understood — this one had to last.

IV medication dripping — slowly bringing down,

Not too fast — not too much — careful in this town,

Drop it too quickly — blood can't reach the brain,

Slow and controlled reduction — that is the refrain.

[Bridge]

Twenty-four hours in the ICU — pressure coming down,

Oral medications starting — finding stable ground,

Doctor said Marcus — this happened because you stopped,

Blood pressure doesn't rest — even when you're topped.

Kidney function slowly improving — brain scan clearing too,

Vision coming back — the blurry fading through,

Marcus left the hospital with five medications set,

Lesson learned the hardest way — one he won't forget.

[Outro]

Marcus still closes deals — but takes his pills at six,

Alarm on every morning — part of all his tricks,

Checks his pressure weekly — logs it on his phone,

Marcus learned that skipping pills — you never leave alone.

“Marcus’s Story”