Prison of Me

[Intro (Ambient + distant clean guitar, whispered layers)]

[(Soft. Haunted.)]
I hear it breathing…
But there’s no one there…

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[Verse 1 (Low growls, tight chugs 150-bpm)]

Trapped in a cage I designed in my head
Every thought like a nail in the coffin I dread
Echoes of doubt keep repeating my name
I am the fire, the fuel, and the flame

Every step forward drags me back down
Buried in silence, I’m starting to drown
A war with myself that I’ll never outrun
A loaded mind with a permanent gun

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[Pre-Chorus (Building, layered vocals)]

I claw at the walls but they’re made out of me
No exit, no air, no way to be free

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[Chorus (High screams + melodic undertone)]

I’M TRAPPED INSIDE MY OWN DESIGN
A FRACTURED SOUL, A BROKEN MIND
SCREAMING LOUD BUT NONE CAN HEAR
THE VOICE I FEAR IS ALWAYS HERE

I TRY TO RUN, BUT I CAN’T ESCAPE
THIS HELL IS MINE—IT WEARS MY FACE

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[Verse 2 (Faster, more chaotic riffing)]

Every reflection distorts what I see
A stranger is staring directly at me
Twisting my thoughts till they rot in my chest
Turning my fears into something possessed

I tried to silence the noise in my skull
But every attempt just tightens the pull
Gripping my throat from somewhere within
I’m losing myself to the war I’m in

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[Pre-Chorus (More aggressive)]

I tear at my skin just to feel something real
But pain is the only thing I can feel

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[Chorus (Bigger, layered harmonies + screams)]

I’M TRAPPED INSIDE MY OWN DESIGN
A FRACTURED SOUL, A BROKEN MIND
SCREAMING LOUD BUT NONE CAN HEAR
THE VOICE I FEAR IS ALWAYS HERE

I TRY TO RUN, BUT I CAN’T ESCAPE
THIS HELL IS MINE—IT WEARS MY FACE

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[Breakdown (Half-time Slow 75-bpm. Crushing. Chugs. Deep gutturals. Space between hits.)]

LOCKED — INSIDE
NO — WHERE — TO — HIDE

I BUILT
THIS
CAGE

NOW ROT
IN IT

[(Pause… then slam back in)]

TEAR — ME — APART
FROM — THE — INSIDE

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[Bridge (Clean eerie vocals + distant screams underneath)]

If I could just breathe without the weight…
If I could silence the voice of hate…
Would I still be me…
Or just empty space…?

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[Final Chorus (Full intensity brutal growls)]

I’M TRAPPED INSIDE MY OWN DESIGN
A FRACTURED SOUL, A BROKEN MIND
SCREAMING LOUD BUT NONE CAN HEAR
THE VOICE I FEAR IS ALWAYS HERE

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[Outro (Fading, whispered + glitchy ambience)]

[(Whispers overlapping)]
There is no escape…
There is no escape…

[(Final line, alone)]
I never left…

Tempo 150 BPM (drops to half-time 75 BPM for breakdown Tuning: Drop A (A E A D F# B) Crushing riffs guttural growls male