Bleed out the dawn

(Intro – ambient noises, low guitar drones, wind, distant static from a radio, footsteps crunching)

(Verse 1)

Woke in the rust of a gutted town

Ash in my lungs, boots dragging the ground

Your voice in the static, faint and gone

Like the sun that forgot to rise at dawn

Eyes like smoke and blood in bloom

Through the birchwood dreams, I searched for you

Crows know secrets the dead can’t scream

We are echoes lost in a fever dream

(Chorus)

I run through the dark just to feel alive

Every shadow’s got teeth, every heartbeat’s a knife

Say my name through the broken waves

We’ll bleed out the dawn before we’re erased

(Verse 2)

Needle and thread won’t stitch this skin

I wear your ghost like a second wind

Barbed wire whispers lullabies

And the rain tastes like cyanide

Zigzag hope across sniper sights

Trade my soul for a can and a bite

You’re the silence inside my sound

And I’d kill just to have you found

(Chorus)

I run through the dark just to feel alive

Every shadow’s got teeth, every heartbeat’s a knife

Say my name through the broken waves

We’ll bleed out the dawn before we’re erased

(Instrumental Section – 45 seconds)

Slow, reverb-heavy guitars swell and fade, distant distorted screams pan left to right

Bass pulses like a heartbeat

Drums slow down, then drop out entirely except for echoing floor toms

Rain samples and soft crackling fire fade in

(Breakdown – whispered/spoken, then screamed)

Whispered:

I see them…

Moving like shadows behind the trees

Wearing faces like masks, breathing rot, bleeding need

Your name’s carved into my palm—

I remember…

I remember…

(Screamed)

Don’t let me die in the static

Don’t let me fade from your sky

I’m still here—I’m still real—I’m still yours—

In this kill-or-starve lullaby

(Final Chorus – more distorted, powerful)

I run through the dark just to feel alive

Every shadow’s got teeth, every heartbeat’s a knife

Say my name through the broken waves

We’ll bleed out the dawn before we’re erased

(Outro – 1 minute)

Reverb-heavy guitar loop slowly fades

Heartbeat-like bass thump slows until it stops

Radio static rises one last time, cuts off mid-transmission

Then: silence… just wind