

Prompt / Lyrics
**Verse I** I memorized the shape of your silence Like a scar I was meant to keep Built a sanctuary from my body Just to give you somewhere to sleep I fed you truth through cracked lips Let you drink until I was thin Every vow you never honored Still echoes under my skin **Pre-Chorus** I stayed where you abandoned me Between forgiveness and decay If this was grace Why did it hurt to stay alive? **Chorus** I LAID MY NAME ON YOUR ALTAR AND YOU LET IT BURN I GAVE YOU EVERYTHING I WAS AND NOTHING IN RETURN IF THIS WAS LOVE IT WAS A KNIFE IF THIS WAS GOD HE TOOK MY LIFE I KNEELED UNTIL MY FAITH COLLAPSED AND STILL THE ALTAR NEVER ANSWERED **Verse II** You touched me like a verdict Like a sentence handed down I learned to call your distance Something holy, something sound I swallowed pain like communion Called survival proof of worth If devotion is destruction You made sure I went first **Pre-Chorus** Say you were distant Say you were afraid But you watched me hollow out And never looked away **Chorus** I LAID MY NAME ON YOUR ALTAR AND YOU LET IT BURN I GAVE YOU EVERYTHING I WAS AND NOTHING IN RETURN IF THIS WAS LOVE IT WAS A KNIFE IF THIS WAS GOD HE TOOK MY LIFE I KNEELED UNTIL MY FAITH COLLAPSED AND STILL THE ALTAR NEVER ANSWERED **Bridge (low, ritualistic, rising)** If you are sacred I am the cost If I was chosen Why was I lost? I bled myself into shape To fit your design I wasn’t asking for salvation I was asking to survive **Breakdown (slow, crushing)** I GAVE UNTIL I WAS EMPTY I STAYED UNTIL I WAS GONE YOU CALLED IT FAITH I CALLED IT LOSING EVERYTHING AND STILL HOLDING ON **Final Chorus (full, devastating)** I LAID MY NAME ON YOUR ALTAR AND WAITED FOR A SIGN I GAVE YOU MY BODY YOU TOOK YOUR TIME IF THIS WAS LOVE LET IT DIE IF THIS WAS GOD LET HIM DENY I LEFT MY HEART IN THE DUST WAITING FOR TRUST BUT THE EARTH NEVER ANSWERED **Outro (quiet, scorched)** I don’t curse you I don’t pray I just learned That silence Is not divine. ---
Tags
Alt Metal Prog Metal R&B, Ambient, Djent Clean vocals (baritone - tenor) Distorted, gritty cleans Harsh Male vocals
4:49
No
1/20/2026