Intro – whispered → layered screams]
It’s not the monsters out there…
…that scare me.
It’s the one…
chained inside.
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[Verse 1]
I feel it pacing in the hollow of my chest
Clawing at the ribs like it won’t rest
Teeth on bone, breathing down my spine
A shadow in my blood that don’t feel like mine
I’ve locked it down, buried it deep
Fed it silence, starved the beast
But every scar is a crack in the wall
And I can hear it screaming through them all
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[Pre-Chorus]
Chain it tighter — it still pulls back
Every heartbeat — another crack
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[Chorus – massive, crushing]
The only thing that terrifies me
Is the monster wearing my skin
If that leash snaps, there’s no stopping
What I’ve buried deep within
No mercy left, no soul to save
Just teeth and rage and a shallow grave
And when it breathes — it won’t ask why
It hunts… it feeds… it won’t fucking die
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[Verse 2]
I’ve seen its eyes in the mirror stare
A stranger’s face but I know it’s there
Cold and feral, stripped of control
A walking war inside my soul
You think I’m calm — you think I’m sane
You don’t see the cage, you don’t feel the chains
Every step I take is a line I toe
One slip… and I let it go
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[Pre-Chorus]
Hear it laughing in the back of my head
“Let me out… let me paint it red…”
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[Chorus]
The only thing that terrifies me
Is the monster wearing my skin
If that leash snaps, there’s no stopping
What I’ve buried deep within
No mercy left, no soul to save
Just teeth and rage and a shallow grave
And when it breathes — it won’t ask why
It hunts… it feeds… it won’t fucking die
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[Breakdown – brutal, slow, crushing]
SNAP… THE… LEASH…
(guitar chugs like a war march)
No cage — no chains
No god — no name
FEEL… IT… RISE…
Blood in its mouth
Death in its eyes
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[Bridge – eerie clean vocals → scream]
I tried to drown it…
I tried to pray…
But darkness doesn’t fade away…
It waits… it grows… it knows my name…
(scream)
AND I’M THE ONE THAT LET IT STAY
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[Final Chorus – layered, desperate, explosive]
The only thing that terrifies me
Is the monster I became
If that rage breaks loose inside me
I won’t ever be the same
No chains left — nothing to hold
Just violence burning out of control
And when it breathes — it won’t ask why
It hunts… it feeds…
…AND SOMETHING DIES
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[Outro – fading, distorted whisper)
Keep it locked.
Keep it chained.
Or.. let it out!!!
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