Old Doors I Built by KnivesAtDawn - Zona

Old Doors I Built

Track · Jan 5, 2026 · English

Old Doors I Built

Duration

3:08

Language

English

Lyrics

[Intro]

Cold frame

Rust chain

Key on a nail in the hallway

Dust shakes

Hand shakes

Every time I hear you call me

[Verse 1]

I boarded up my younger rooms

Painted over every bruise

Still the outline of your name

Bleeds right through

Bleeds right through

I keep tripping on my habits

Every promise turns to static

I’m the echo in this attic

Screaming you

Screaming you

[Chorus]

I’m still locking all the old doors I built

Hiding every bit of blame and guilt

Every “stay” I never said out loud

You’re a ghost that I can’t push out

If I tear myself apart will it

Ever make up for the times I quit?

All these feelings rotting on the shelf

I keep breaking you to punish myself

[Verse 2]

You were sitting in the doorway

Bare feet on the tile

I was busy being angry

At the mirror

At my pride

I threw words like furniture

Splinters in your spine

Now I sleep inside the splinters

Just to taste that night

[Chorus]

[Bridge]

[low vocal register]

I slam the door

Then I blame the sound

I burn the bridge

Then I curse the ground

I wear this hurt like a borrowed crown

I let you drown

Just to watch me drown

[crescendo]

[harsh vocals]

I built these walls to feel secure

Then stuffed our bodies in the floor

Every memory

Every war

Still clawing at the boards

[Breakdown]

You were my way out

(I dragged you back in)

You were my safe house

(I set fire again)

If I’m the cage

You were the key

Now all that’s left

Is what’s left of me

[Chorus]

[Outro]

[whispered vocals]

Cold frame

Rust chain

Key on a nail in the hallway

I still press my thumb

Where your name

Used to stain the paint

Style

early-2000s post-hardcore: twin high-gain guitars with octave leads and chugspick slides into half-time breakdownstight bass locking with punchyclicky kick and cracking snare. screamed/sung male vocals trading off: raw fry screams in versessoaring melodic chorus with gang shouts on key lines. brief clean guitar introfeedback swellsand one final crushing outro breakdown that drops to clean vocal over ringing chords at the end.hardcore

Prompt

2000s post hardcore asking alexandria style lyrics and instruments about commitment and self frustration sadness and lost love and feelings that were left behind the old doors you’ve built

Credits

Prompt byKnivesAtDawn

GeneratedJan 5, 2026

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