Why Am I Here!

(Clean electric guitar with chorus/delay. Low, intimate vocals.) The TV’s humming low, just static in the hall

I’m kicking off my shoes, leaning ‘gainst the wall

Ready to call it a night, ready to let it go

Until I hear my name whispered from the room below

I’m frozen in the shadow, hand stayed on the light

As the people who should love me start to bleed me dry tonight.

(Bass enters with a steady, driving thrum. Vocals get gritty.) “He’s lazy.”

“He’s selfish.”

“He doesn't care about this place.”

Every word’s a phantom slap across my face.

(Explosive distortion. Heavy, aggressive drums. Raw, shouted vocals.) WHY AM I HERE! When my best is just a ghost you never see?

WHY AM I HERE! When you’re tearing down the house on top of me?

You say I’m not enough, you say I’m just a waste

While I’m drowning in the bitterness of every word you taste!

WHY AM I HERE!

(Drums drop out to a simple beat. Bass stays moody and melodic.) I’ve been picking up the pieces while you’re throwing stones

Building up these walls just to find I’m still alone

I gave my sweat, I gave my time, I gave my silent pride

But you took the parts of me that I was trying to keep inside.

Now the dinner table feels like a firing line.

WHY AM I HERE! When my best is just a ghost you never see?

WHY AM I HERE! When you’re tearing down the house on top of me?

You say I’m not enough, you say I’m just a waste

While I’m drowning in the bitterness of every word you taste!

(Heavily distorted, rhythmic chugging. Aggressive delivery.) I’m the shadow in the kitchen, I’m the ghost that mows the lawn

I’m the one who stays awake until the bitterness is gone

You see the laundry on the floor, but not the tired in my eyes

You see a ‘lazy’ silhouette through a telescope of lies!

I’m working in the silence while you’re shouting in the light

I’m the only thing that’s holding up this ceiling tonight!

But if I’m such a burden, if I’m nothing but a strain

Then why am I the only one who’s standing in the rain?

[Bridge - The Breakdown] (Half-whisper building into a guttural scream. Slow, heavy tempo.) Blood is thicker than water... (That’s what they say)

But blood is what you’re drawing... (Day after day)

FAMILY IS FALLING!

FAMILY IS FALLING!

YOU DON’T KNOW ME AT ALL! ### [Guitar Solo / Outro] (Chaos. Screaming feedback and heavy crashes that suddenly cut to silence.) ### [Final Tag - Soft Rock] (Single clean guitar. Breathery vocals.) Just sitting here.

Trying to call it a night.

But the house is quiet now...

And nothing feels right.

(Fading whisper) Why am I here?