Fractals in My Chest

[Intro]
Hand pan halos
Round and round
Fingers tracing
Sacred ground
Breathing in
A crooked count
I’m awake
But inside out
[Verse 1]
Felt the clock
Inside me shatter
All these seconds
Fall like sand
Every pattern
Bent and battered
Still it settles
In my hands
I was praying
To the silence
Waiting for
An answer back
All I heard
Was my own violence
Tapping time
Against the cracks
[Chorus]
I’m breaking in
To my own heart
Fractals in my chest
Torn apart
In this spiral
I finally see
Every shattered shape
Spelling out “be”
If the ground folds
I won’t fall
I’ll count the chaos
And hear a call
In every twisted bar
I find
A hidden pulse
Rewriting my mind
[Verse 2]
Every doubt
A distant thunder
Rolling under
Steady breath
I’ve been stitched
To what was numbered
Marched in circles
Close to death
But this tremor
Feels like turning
As the old frameworks
Collapse
Through the fear
A quiet burning
Holds my heartbeat
In its hands
[Heavy Section]
(teeth clenched, low growl)
Tear the veil
Rip the mold
I won’t be
What I was told
(voice rises to a scream)
Break the cage
Break the frame
I am more
Than my own name
(choked scream)
Let the old
Selves die
Let the old
Selves die
(overlapping clean line)
While a brighter
Rhythm
Floods my eyes
[Chorus]
I’m breaking in
To my own heart
Fractals in my chest
Torn apart
In this spiral
I finally see
Every shattered shape
Spelling out “be”
If the ground folds
I won’t fall
I’ll count the chaos
And hear a call
In every twisted bar
I find
A hidden pulse
Rewriting my mind
[Bridge]
Hand pan circles
Round my head
Tiny comets
Glow in lead
All the patterns
That I feared
Turn to prayer
Inside my ears
I breathe in
On seven
Hold to five
Let the numbers
Open wide
Every odd step
Every misstep
Feels like learning
How to rise
[Heavy Outro]
(screamed)
I was never
Meant to stay
Falling forward
Day by day
(clean harmony over screams)
I am more
Than flesh and breath
I am waking
Through this death
(screamed)
Rip the script
Erase the scar
Feel the rhythm
Where you are
(clean, soaring)
When the last
Old measure ends
I begin again
I begin again

Progressive metalcore with male vocals, alternating intricate technical riffs and odd-time grooves against shimmering hand pan patterns. Verses ride mid-gain guitars, syncopated drums, and a strong, singable topline; choruses bloom with wide clean harmonies and a soaring, memorable melody. Heavy sections explode into tight chugs, polymetric breakdowns, and raw screams layered under the cleans. Hand pan doubles key motifs in intros and bridges, adding spiritual, metallic overtones that cut through the dense mix., harmony, male vocals, strong, metalcore, clean