[INTRO]
(Feedback squeals for twenty seconds before a massive, distorted bass line enters. The drums hit like a sledgehammer hitting a wet concrete floor—slow, resonant, and punishing.)
[VERSE 1]
(Vocals are a guttural, throat-tearing rasp)
The air is... lead...
I’m breathing in the rust.
Every promise we ever made
Is settling into the dust.
I watch the clock, but the hands don’t move,
They’re rusted to the bone.
I’m screaming in a crowded room,
But I’ve never been more... alone.
[CHORUS]
(Guitars open up into a wall of fuzz; the sound is suffocating)
HOW MANY TIMES...
DO I HAVE TO SAY GOODBYE?
Before the dirt fills up my mouth?
Before the well runs dry?
It’s a long... slow... crawl...
To the bottom of the pit.
I’m sick of the cycle,
I’m fucking... sick of it.
[VERSE 2]
(Drums drop out, leaving only a low, vibrating drone and a clean, eerie guitar melody)
Your shadow’s burned into the wall,
A permanent stain of regret.
I’m trying to cut the anchor loose,
But I haven't survived you yet.
(Drums explode back in with a sudden crash)
The floorboards are rotting!
The ceiling is caving in!
I can’t tell where your lies end...
And where my... hate... begins!
[BRIDGE]
(Tempo slows down even further. Every beat feels like an eternity.)
Leave.
Stay.
Rot.
Decay.
(Repeat 4x, building into a manic, feedback-drenched scream)
JUST GO!
[OUTRO]
(The riff becomes a repetitive, hypnotic stomp. The vocalist sounds like they are physically collapsing.)
How many times...
How many times...
Say it again...
Say it until...
There’s nothing...
Left...
To...
Kill
Arkh
