**[Intro — whispered / atmospheric]**
I asked the ceiling for an answer.
It gave me your voice.
I should've known better.
**[Verse 1 — intimate clean vocals]**
I still sleep beside the empty side of the bed,
Like your absence hasn't happened yet.
Your photographs are buried in a drawer,
But I swear I hear you walking through the door.
I used to think that I was worth somebody's love,
Now every kindness feels like something I'm afraid of.
You didn't just leave me with a broken heart—
You left me questioning every beautiful part.
**[Pre-Chorus — rising]**
If I forgive you,
Do I forgive the damage too?
If I let you disappear,
What happens to the part of me that still wants you?
**[Chorus — soaring / melancholic]**
There's blood beneath my halo,
And I don't know whose it is.
I built a church from everything we lost,
Then watched it collapse into the abyss.
I'm praying to a god I never trusted,
Begging for a reason not to hate.
If love was supposed to make me human,
Why did losing you make me afraid?
**[Verse 2 — dark trap / rapid flow]**
Black sky, headlights, driving through the rain,
Every fucking street sign knows your name.
I don't trust a smile, don't trust a promise,
Don't trust anybody telling me they're honest.
I became paranoid, bitter, cold,
Counting every little lie before the story's told.
Push them away, then wonder why I'm alone,
Build another wall around a heart made of stone.
You taught me how to question every touch,
How to hate myself for wanting someone too much.
Now I'm fighting with the person in the mirror,
Trying to forgive the man you left standing here.
**[Breakdown — screamed]**
I GAVE YOU EVERYTHING!
YOU GAVE ME DOUBT!
I LET YOU IN!
YOU BURNED ME OUT!
NOW EVERY FUCKING HEART
LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER WAY OUT!
**[Bridge — clean / fragile]**
Maybe forgiveness isn't saying
what you did was right.
Maybe it's taking back the pieces
you left behind.
Maybe I can mourn you
without becoming you.
**[Verse 3 — rapid / aggressive]**
I don't wanna carry your ghost into another bed,
Don't wanna hear your voice every time somebody says,
"I'll never leave," because I've heard that shit before,
And I'm terrified of trusting anyone anymore.
So I keep everybody distant,
Keep affection at a distance,
Call it independence
when it's really self-inflicted.
I'm sick of being angry,
Sick of being afraid,
Sick of seeing your betrayal
in every face I meet today.
If healing means remembering
without wanting you to hurt,
Then I'll drag myself through hell
until I find what I was worth.
**[Final Chorus — huge / layered clean + screams]**
There's blood beneath my halo,
But I'm learning how to bleed.
I won't let the person who destroyed me
decide who I become or who I need.
I'm praying to a god I never trusted,
Not to bring you back to me.
Just give me enough strength
to finally let the hatred leave.
**[Outro — whispered]**
You broke my heart.
But you don't get
to keep the pieces.
Not anymore.
HollowVotive
