My Friend of Misery

[Intro]
You came dressed up as salvation
Rusty halo
Crooked grin
Said you carried understanding
Dragged your chains and slithered in
[Verse 1]
You drink my doubt like holy wine
Leave the bottle
Bleed me dry
Every promise tastes like poison
Dripping slow behind your eyes
You talk in storms and call it truth
Leave me buried in the flood
Swore you’d help me heal these wounds
You just taught them how to love
[Chorus]
My friend of misery
You never leave
You never sleep
You keep your claws in me
Whispered wounds I still believe
My friend of misery
You wear my weakness like a crown
You only come to see
How far you’ve pulled me down
[Verse 2]
You trace my scars like trophies
Name each failure
Count each scar
Say you’re just my mirror
But you bend me till I’m shards
You pray in ashes
Preach in fear
Call it “truth” and call it “care”
You say I’d fall apart without you
But you’re the weight that keeps me there
[Chorus]
My friend of misery
You never leave
You never sleep
You keep your claws in me
Whispered wounds I still believe
My friend of misery
You wear my weakness like a crown
You only come to see
How far you’ve pulled me down
[Bridge]
I hear you crawling in the silence (hey!)
You carve your sermons in my skin
But every cut becomes a doorway
I’m stepping out
You’re caving in
[Chorus]
My friend of misery
You’re just a ghost that learned my name
You fed on pieces of me
I’m starving you with every change
My friend of misery
I break your image as I bleed
You were the cage in me
Now watch me drag you to your knees

rock, Aggressive thrash / heavy metal ballad: tense clean-gain intro, then dual-guitar gallop with palm-muted downpicks and sharp harmonized leads. Verses half-time and brooding; choruses explode into double-time drums and wide power chords. Male vocals that shift from low, resentful growl to ragged high screams, with gang shouts on key lines and a soaring, melodic solo over a halftime breakdown., metal, hard rock, thrash metal, speed metal, ballad