**[Intro – Spoken, echoing like Maynard in the shadows]**
How the hell... should I feel?
Shame creeps in the dark... sets it all aside...
**[Verse 1 – Rap flow, Doobie-style: raw, melodic, pained delivery over heavy guitar riff]**
Yo, lost in the mirror, demons whisperin' low
How the hell should I feel when the blood starts to flow?
Shame's a shadow, slitherin' under my skin
Push it deep down, let the nightmare begin
Eyes glazed over, heart pumpin' venom and spite
That satisfactory smirk creepin' into the night
Glowin' like a ghost in the fog of my mind
Pretendin' it's fine, but I'm going blind
**[Pre-Chorus – Building tension, layered vocals]**
Perfection's a lie, leave me laying in the dust
Turn it down low peace is a must
**[Chorus – Explosive Tool-like drop: heavy prog riffs, soaring/clean-to-scream vocals]**
Let that satisfactory smirk
Light up your face with all its might!
Burn your clothes, write naked at night
I see the anger, know you want to fight
I can't make it better, no cure for your curse
I can only make it hurt... make it worse!
**[Verse 2 – Faster rap, horrorcore twist: darker, graphic imagery]**
Twistin' the knife in the wounds that won't heal
Who is this stable you speak of? Nah, that shit ain't real
Born from the fire when you flipped on the lust
Now I'm chained in the basement, gatherin' rust
Screams in the walls, cannibal thoughts in my head
Shame sets it free, leavin' innocence dead
Smirk while you bleed, satisfaction in pain
I'm the monster you made, drivin' me insane
**[Bridge – Slow, atmospheric Tool build: polyrhythms, haunting guitars, whispered-to-roared vocals]**
Spiraling down... into the dark we crave
Lust awakens the beast, no soul left to save
Perfection never existed... 'til you turned the key
Now the horror's alive... inside you and me
(Whisper: Make it hurt... make it hurt...)
**[Chorus – Final, massive outburst]**
Let that satisfactory smirk
Light up your face with all its might!
Glow through the gore, embrace the fight
How the hell should I feel tonight?
Shame sets it all aside...
I can only make it hurt... only make it hurt!
**[Outro – Fading echoes, distorted guitars winding down]**
Hurt... hurt...
(Spoken low:) Shame will set it all aside... forever.
ReAsh
