[Intro – clean guitar picking, slow drums creeping in]
Verse 1
Words, words, empty fucking words,
Over and over and over.
It’s like slipping on a bed of swords,
Every blade cuts when I roll over.
Empty, hollow, meaningless,
Choking out my eternal soul,
Leaving nothing but the aftermath—
Just emptiness and dark control.
Pre-Chorus (drums rise, vocals tighten)
And I swear I try to listen,
But it all starts sounding the same,
Like echoes in a hallway
Where nobody takes the blame.
Chorus (full band hits)
I hear you every day,
All the bullshit that you say,
All the empty promises
That die before they ever change.
No action, not even reaction,
So your voice don’t hold no weight—
You keep talking like it matters,
But your words disintegrate.
Hook / Post-Chorus (guitar riff repeating)
Say it agai
Say it again
But don’t you mean it.
Say it again
Say it again
Cause I don’t believe it.
Verse 2 (bass heavier, drums driving)
You speak like you’re a savior,
Like you’ve got something to prove,
But I’ve watched you build your castles
Out of lies you never move.
You say you’ll do it different,
You say you’ll finally try,
But the truth is in the silence
Every time you let me cry.
Pre-Chorus (pull back)
And I’m tired of believing
In the version of you I create,
Cause reality keeps showing me
That love can rot into hate.
Chorus (bigger vocals)
I hear you every day,
All the bullshit that you say,
All the empty promises
That die before they ever change.
No action, not even reaction,
So your voice don’t hold no weight—
You keep talking like it matters,
But your words disintegrate.
Hook / Post-Chorus (harder, louder)
Say it again
Say it again
But don’t you mean it.
Say it again
Say it again
Cause I don’t believe it.
[SCREAM BREAKDOWN SECTION]
(band drops to heavy guitars + drums)
(vocal goes full scream)
SCREAMING:
YOU SAY YOU LOVE ME—
BUT YOU DON’T SHOW IT!
YOU SAY YOU’RE SORRY—
BUT YOU DON’T OWN IT!
YOU KEEP ON TALKING—
LIKE IT’S ENOUGH!
BUT I’M STILL BLEEDING—
FROM YOUR EMPTY LOVE!
SCREAMING (gang vocals layered):
EMPTY WORDS!
EMPTY WORDS!
EMPTY FUCKING WORDS!
SAY IT AGAIN!
(band slams back in)
Bridge (half-time, emotional)
It’s not the yelling, it’s the waiting,
It’s the hoping til I break,
It’s the way you say “I’m sorry”
Like it’s something I should take.
But sorry doesn’t hold me
When I’m drowning in the night,
And “I love you” doesn’t mean shit
When you never make it right.
Soft Drop / Build (guitar, vocals low)
Words don’t fix this
Words don’t heal me
Words don’t hold me
When you leave me in the dark
(Pause, heartbeat bass)
Final Chorus (FULL band)
I hear you every day,
All the bullshit that you say,
All the empty promises
That die before they ever change.
No action, not even reaction,
So your voice don’t hold no weight—
You keep talking like it matters,
But your words disintegrate.
Final Hook / Outro (fading out )
Say it again
Say it again
But don’t you mean it
Say it again
Say it again
