Verse 1 (Clean/Melodic) -
The Self-Inflicted Wound
I struck the match against the bone, just to check the fire still holds.
This fractured temple of the self, where my true nature unfolds.
Every breath is a lie consumed, a toxin built up high,
My citadel of promise crumbled beneath a grey sky.
I trace the gaping outlines where your light used to fall,
And the memories are the blistering acid burning through it all.
Chorus (Screamed/Heavy)
WHAT GHOST HAVE I BECOME? This venom seeps inside!
I am the rotten monument where a hopeful spirit died!
I have betrayed and butchered every soul that stood beside,
And the wound I carry pulsates—a current I can't hide!
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If I could only feel the weight of one thing truly real:
That the ruin I created meant something before the world I flee!
Verse 2 (Clean/Dynamic) -
The Crown of Regret
I bear the throne of rust, the nine-inch nails holding me down,
A phantom in the mirror, wearing a liar's crown.
The film of ages stretches, staining everything I see,
You are the fading deity, a memory that flees.
I taste the sour remnants on a parched and hollow tongue,
This sickness of the soul, sung where no hymns are sung.
Bridge (Breakdown/Screaming)
Every choice a shrapnel burst, every word a knife I wield,
I claw the shifting hourglass, but the damage can't be healed!
When the circuit breaks and this facade is finally gone:
Will you remember the man I failed to be before the breaking dawn?
LET IT ALL COLLAPSE! The dirt, the shame, the agony!
I leave nothing behind, only this screaming void in me!
Final Chorus / Outro (Intense Scream to Whisper)
WHAT GHOST HAVE I BECOME? This venom seeps inside!
I am the rotten monument where a hopeful spirit died!
I have betrayed and butchered every soul that stood beside,
And the wound I carry pulsates—a current I can't hide!
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If I could only feel the weight of one thing...
(Whispered, exhausted)
...that the ruin I created meant something,
before the world I flee!
Outro
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