Is This Real

[Verse 1]
Headlights in my room
Walls bend
Then bloom
Every shadow knows my name
But I don't remember you
Teeth grind on the truth
Tongue tied in abuse
I keep scratching at my skin
Like I’m trying to scrape you loose
[Pre-Chorus]
All my thoughts
Turn to static in my skull
Every breath
Feels borrowed
Never full
[Chorus]
Is this real
Or am I crawling through a fever
Tell me what you feel
When every color starts to bleed ya (bleed ya)
Someone shake me
Tear these seams
Wake me from this dream
Is this real
'Cause I don't recognize me
[Verse 2]
Clock hands run in reverse
Every blessing sounds rehearsed
You keep saying “this is fine”
I hear sirens in each word
Glass eyes
Plastic faith
Numb smile on your face
If this is the life we chose
Why’s it feel like outer space
[Pre-Chorus]
Every fact
Cracks and caves under my teeth
Every act
Feels like lines I never read
[Chorus]
Is this real
Or am I choking on a memory
Tell me what you feel
When your mirror turns to enemy (enemy)
Someone shake me
Rip this scene
Wake me from this dream
Is this real
Or just a script that owns me
[Bridge]
[Guitars drop to a grinding
Half-time riff]
I can't taste the air
I can't trust the ground
Every promise sounds
Like a looping sound
I claw at my head
Just to feel a spark
If this is the truth
Why's it all so dark (so dark)
[Chorus]
Is this real
Or am I buried in a nightmare
Tell me what you feel
When you’re screaming into blank stares (blank stares)
Someone save me
Cut the screen
Wake me from this dream
Is this real
Is this real
Is this real or just the end of me (hey!)

rock, Alt-rock meets modern metal: drop-tuned distorted bass leading the charge, jagged guitars with palm-muted chugs in the verses and open choruses, harsh male vocals that flip between screamed lines and strained melodic hooks. Drums stay tight and punchy with double-time bursts in pre-chorus; bridge opens into half-time crush with feedback swells before a final, explosive chorus., male vocals, harsh, alternative rock, metal