Harder After All

(Post-rock nu-metal intro: atmospheric clean guitars)

Hook (vulnerable melodic chorus, layered vocals)

Okay okay okay okay okay

Why why why why why

No no no no no 
I know it’ll make you feel better about what you did when you see a smile on my face with my brains on the wall
Don’t act surprised on the results of what your Demons did with you to torment me while god wouldn’t pick up the call
To be honest I’d rather take so many pills right now that I’d be so unresponsive on the floor, dance with you till I fall
Can’t tell if it’s my tolerance but the more and more I take doesn’t make me fade away, I guess overdosing is harder after all

(Verse 1)

(rap-sung and broken)
Yeah, every night I replay the pain you left behind (this is your peace?),

shadows in my head doing circles in my mind
Wishing for the end but the mirror shows I’m still alive (faking it again),

faking smiles while the demons you sent thrive
Pills scattered on the counter like the pieces of my pride (scattered like me),

calling out for help but the line’s disconnected on the other side
Heart keeps pounding even when I want to disappear (why won’t it stop?),

your silence louder than the screams I can’t outhear

(Hook)
I know it’ll make you feel better about what you did when you see a smile on my face with my brains on the wall
Don’t act surprised on the results of what your Demons did with you to torment me while god wouldn’t pick up the call
To be honest I’d rather take so many pills right now that I’d be so unresponsive on the floor, dance with you till I fall
Can’t tell if it’s my tolerance but the more and more I take doesn’t make me fade away, I guess overdosing is harder after all

(Verse 2) (rap– deeper vulnerability)
Tolerance building walls that I can’t seem to climb (higher every time),

each pill a question mark running out of time
Floor feels like home as the room starts to spin slow (dance with your ghost),

dancing with your ghost in the afterglow
Memories cutting deeper than the blades I hide away (still bleeding),

wondering if tomorrow’s just another empty day
Your demons did their work, left me broken on display (nice job),

praying for the dark but the light won’t go away
No call from above, just echoes in the hall (eternal ring),

carrying this weight till I finally fall

(Breakdown 2)

(heavier post-rock chaos into groove)
(Screamed/rap hybrid)
PILLS ON THE FLOOR! DANCE TILL I FALL! (with you)
Torment complete, but the heart won’t stall!
Overdosing harder, smile for you through it all!

I know it’ll make you feel better about what you did when you see a smile on my face with my brains on the wall

Don’t act surprised on the results of what your Demons did with you to torment me while god wouldn’t pick up the call

To be honest I’d rather take so many pills right now that I’d be so unresponsive on the floor, dance with you till I fall

Can’t tell if it’s my tolerance but the more and more I take doesn’t make me fade away, I guess overdosing is harder after all