(Drop tuning. Slow clean intro exploding into crushing riffs.)
[Intro — Clean Guitar / Whispered Vocals]
I loved you despite my insecurities…
Your light cut through my darkest nights…
I would’ve done anything…
Just to stay alive…
With you by my side…
(distorted feedback rises)
[Verse I]
Through shattered mirrors and bloodshot eyes
We buried ourselves just to survive
Every promise carved into stone
Now I wake to this hell alone
You chased the fire beyond the pain
Built your empire from our remains
While I stood still inside the flood
Drowning slowly in the mud
[Pre-Chorus]
Throughout it all…
We left ourselves behind…
Now you’re out there all alone…
Living the dream you swore was mine…
[Chorus — Huge / Anthemic]
BROKEN PROMISES! EMPTY LIVES!
Swimming through this hollow earth consuming all their pain!
NO! NO! NO! NOOOOO!
GIVE ME BACK MY LIFE!
Give me back your love!
Give me back your light!
I’M BREAKING!
OOOOOH YEAH — I’M BREAKING INSIDE!
Every night! In every life!
I’m slowly losing my mind!
[Verse II]
My sense of self is almost gone
A shadow stretched where I belong
Slipping away through fractured time
Into the void you left behind
These cracks look just like eternity
A thousand ghosts beneath my feet
Your image fading from my veins
Like dying echoes in the rain
[Bridge — Half-Time Breakdown]
NOW ALL THAT’S LEFT!
OF WHAT WE USED TO BE!
IS A DISTANT MEMORY!
A LONG LOST!
FORGOTTEN DREAM!
(massive chugs)
I CAN FEEL IT ROTTING!
UNDERNEATH MY SKIN!
THE LOVE WE BUILT IS A GRAVEYARD!
AND I’M CRAWLING BACK IN!
[Solo]
(melodic lead over tremolo-picked rhythm transitioning into chaos)
[Final Chorus — Higher Key / Layered Vocals]
BROKEN PROMISES! EMPTY LIVES!
Swimming through this hollow earth consuming all their pain!
NO! NO! NO! NOOOOO!
GIVE ME BACK MY LIFE!
Give me back your love!
Give me back your light!
I’M BREAKING!
OOOOOH YEAH — I’M BREAKING INSIDE!
Every night! In every life!
I’m slowly losing my mind!
[Outro — Clean / Fading]
Your image has faded from within my mind…
Now all that’s left…
Of what we used to be…
Is a distant memory…
Of a long lost…
Forgotten…
Dream…
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