[Intro]
(Feedback swells into a slow, distorted guitar chug. A faint, ghostly hum sits in the background.)
[Verse 1]
The clock is ticking backwards on the wall
Tracing shadows that refuse to fall
I built this sanctuary stone by stone
But now the marrow’s rotting in the bone.
Every mirror is a stranger’s face
A silhouette I never can erase.
[Pre-Chorus]
(Music drops out, leaving only a pulsing synth and a whispered vocal)
Static in my head...
I’m breathing, but I’m dead.
[Chorus]
(Heavy, driving beat with double-bass drumming)
I’m waking up inside a nightmare!
Chained to a ghost I can’t outrun.
I’m screaming into the cold air
Forgetting how I ever saw the sun.
Where did the thread begin to fray?
Where did I throw my soul away?
I don't know where I went wrong...
I’ve been a victim here for far too long.
[Verse 2]
(Faster tempo, aggressive "barking" vocal style mixed with melodic runs)
Cobwebs on the memories I kept
While the demons in the basement never slept.
I followed every map I ever drew
But every road just leads back here to you—
To the failure, to the fracture, to the fear
How did I end up haunted here?
[Bridge]
(The "Breakdown" – slow, dissonant, and punishingly heavy)
TEAR. IT. DOWN.
(Low scream)
I am the architect of my own cage!
(Guitars syncopate with the drums)
Left the light behind!
Lost the peace of mind!
WHERE DID I GO WRONG?
WHERE DID I GO WRONG?
[Chorus]
(Full soaring melody with heavy backing)
I’m waking up inside a nightmare!
Chained to a ghost I can’t outrun.
I’m screaming into the cold air
Forgetting how I ever saw the sun.
Where did the thread begin to fray?
Where did I throw my soul away?
I don't know where I went wrong...
[Outro]
(Guitars fade into a melancholy acoustic melody)
I missed the turn...
I watched it burn...
(Whispered)
Welcome to the nightmare.
