

Prompt / Lyrics
[Verse 1 – clean, restrained] There’s a picture burned behind my eyes Older than fear, older than breath A body stretched across the silence Pinned between birth and death I wake up wearing borrowed faces Hands I don’t remember earning Every scream sounds strangely familiar Like I’ve lived it—still learning [Pre-Chorus – tension building] If this life is mine Why does it feel remembered? If this pain is new Why does it echo forever? [Chorus – soaring, melodic] I am the wound that never closes I am the nail and the hand Every life is the same light broken Shattered just to understand No heaven waiting past the gates No hell beneath my skin Just one image bleeding outward And I’m trapped inside of it [Verse 2 – heavier, controlled grit] Jacob’s ladder made of nerve and flame Rungs of bone and choice Angels fall like sparks of memory Dressed in a human voice I’ve worn the crown, I’ve worn the chains I’ve begged, I’ve judged, I’ve prayed Every sin, every act of mercy Already paid [Pre-Chorus 2 – darker] If time’s a lie Then I’ve already died If love is real Why does it feel crucified? [Chorus – full power] I am the wound that never closes I am the cross I bear Every soul is the same scream Tearing through the air No judgment carved in stone No savior riding in Just one image bleeding outward And I’m trapped inside of it [Bridge – breakdown / emotional rupture] Why have you left me— Or was I ever alone? If I am everyone Then who feels this when I’m gone? I feel the tyrant’s hunger I feel the child’s last breath I feel the lover’s trembling hands I feel the weight of death [Solo Section – wordless scream, let the guitar speak] [Final Chorus – higher, desperate resolve] I am the wound that never closes I am the end and the start Every life is just a different cut Across the same beating heart No gates to open, no gates to close No final curtain call Just one image breaking itself To feel anything at all [Outro – quiet, fading] When the last breath empties the room Nothing disappears The image just grows still enough To remember why it’s here
Tags
Slow, minor-key clean arpeggios open in 4/4 at ~72 BPM, drenched in reverb.Verses restrained, rise soars,metal mournful
5:13
No
1/16/2026