Bruises

Intro (atmospheric, sparse synths, distant guitar swells)

(Instrumental, leises Rauschen, langsamer Aufbau)

Pre-Chorus (tension building, drums creeping in)

I trace the cracks in your porcelain smile

Every promise tastes like denial

You say my name like it’s a sin

Then beg me to stay in your hell again

Chorus (big, emotional, powerful clean vocals)

You only want me when I’m breaking

You kiss me in the shape of pain

I’m your medicine, I’m your disease

Your sweetest lie, your sharpest need

You don’t love me when I’m whole

You love the damage in my soul

Verse 2 (more intensity, guitars wider, subtle distortion)

You carve your truth into my bones

Call it fate, but it feels like a throne

Where you sit and I slowly fall

Learning how to breathe through the withdrawal

Your touch is honey on open skin

Sweet enough to make me crawl back in

I build a home in the space you leave

Then you burn it down just to watch me bleed

Pre-Chorus (variation, darker tone)

I bite my tongue till it tastes like rust

Swallow the weight of your broken trust

You say we’re fire, say we’re divine

But every spark is a warning sign

Chorus (full band, emotional peak)

You only want me when I’m breaking

You kiss me in the shape of pain

I’m your medicine, I’m your disease

Your sweetest lie, your sharpest need

You don’t love me when I’m whole

You love the damage in my soul

Bridge (breakdown feel, half screamed / half sung vocals)

Tear me open, call it honesty

Build a shrine out of what’s left of me

Say you’re empty, say you’re cold

But you feast on the warmth of my control

I tried to leave, I tried to breathe

But you’re the ghost that sleeps in me

I cut the thread, I watch you fade

Still feel your hands around my faith

Breakdown (heavier guitars, screamed vocals)

You don’t want love, you want a wound

You don’t want truth, you want me ruined

You don’t want light, you want my dark

You want my end, you want my heart

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Final Chorus (huge, emotional, layered vocals)

You only want me when I’m breaking

You kiss me in the shape of pain

I’m your heaven, I’m your fall

Your favorite sin you’ll never call

You don’t love me when I’m whole

You love the damage in my soul