[Intro: Low industrial hum, whiskey glass clink, fading rain]
[Verse 1 - (Male, sadistic growl):]
“They took my ring, they took my pride, left a ghost in my bed,
DFS snatched my babies, now the silence screams instead."
"Dog’s collar hangs rusted, the yard’s just dirt and rain,
Every mirror’s a stranger sneerin’—‘You’re the one to blame.’"
"I walk past that park bench where she kissed me goodbye,
But the pills ain’t kill the pain—they just rot me alive.
Lost my job, lost my name, lost the will to pretend,
Hell’s just the weight of breathin’ when the world’s your end."
"So what’s left when the bleedin’ don’t scar?
When the phone never rings, and the highway’s too far?
I’m a ghost in my skin, a wound that won’t close,
Maybe dyin’s the last good thing I’ll ever know…”
[Verse 2 - (Female, antagonistic but firm vocal):]
“You’re right, you’re broken—they’re safer with you gone,
Your tears stain their pictures, but they’ve moved on, moved on."
"That rage in your veins? It’s poison, not proof,
The noose you’ve been tyin’ is the one truth you’ve held loose."
(female antagonistic)
"That ‘daddy’ you miss? They call another man ‘Dad,’
The wife you still love? She’s glad, baby, she’s… glad.
So let the whiskey drown what the Lord won’t forgive.
(female slowing)
Your funeral’s a favor—let the ones you love live."
"The scars on your wrists are just doors left unsealed,
Turn the key, let the dark heal what life never will…”
[Bridge - Alternating Duel]
(Male, desperate, rising tone):
But what if I fight? What if I crawl back to light?
(Female):
You’ll fail. You’re the storm that wrecks every calm night.
(Male):
I’m tryin’ to breathe—
(Female):
But your breath’s a curse. Don’t you see? Let it hurt.
[Instrumental Crescendo: Discordant strings, shattered glass samples, rising distortion]
[Verse 3 - (Male, defeated monotone):]
“So I’ll park by the river where the pines weep low,
Write a note full of sorries they’ll never really know.
The gun’s cold kiss laughs, ‘You were born to lose,’”
[Outro - Eerie synthetic music overlay, vocal duet]
(Female:) “‘The world’s too bright for shadows like you…’”
(Male, whispered:) "Yeah… shadows… that’s all I ever grew."
[Ambient Outro: Distant police sirens, ambient rain fade]
[Spoken Word - Emergency responders]
(spoken word new dispatch cb radio):
"988 at 234 Elm Street, all units proceed with caution, and bring the coroner!..."
(Female only echoed slowing)
**He… is… gone… he… is… really gone…..** (x3)
[Final Outro - Dark harmonic slow fade out, 10 sec]
PrinceShawn