Monster In The Middle

[Intro]
(yeah)
One word
One look
One crack in the calm
Then it’s on
[Verse 1]
(Male)
Cup on the counter
Drip on the floor
It’s tiny disasters
That open the door
Thought I was balanced
Edge of a knife
Shadows in daylight
Gnaw at my life
You say you were joking
I smile, “it’s fine”
But something is shaking
Deep in my spine
My halo is rusted
My patience is thin
The smallest disturbance
And something walks in
[Chorus]
Both
It’s the little things that split the sky
Turn a quiet breath to a battle cry
Every grain of hurt, every sideways glance
Breaks the line where the dark can dance
We’re a step from the fall, from the crawl, from the call
Of the beast that is begging to crawl through the wall
Every one of us
Got a monster in the middle of us all
(oh, in the middle of us all)
[Verse 2]
(Female)
Keys on the table
Late again
You say “relax”
Hear it replay in my head
Teeth in my tongue
So I don’t confess
How close I am
To making a mess
Scrolling for comfort
Comments that sting
Just four letters
Can poison everything
Smiling in pictures
Glazed in the glow
But I’m one small slight
From letting it show (yeah)
[Bridge]
Both
Is it me or the mirror?
Is it fear or a friend?
Is it born in my bones
Or a choice in the end?
Low voice in the hallway
High pitch in my chest
All this light on my skin
But it’s dark where I rest (so dark)
[Chorus]
Both
It’s the little things that split the sky
Turn a quiet breath to a battle cry
Every grain of hurt, every sideways glance
Breaks the line where the dark can dance
We’re a step from the fall, from the crawl, from the call
Of the beast that is begging to crawl through the wall
Every one of us
Got a monster in the middle of us all
(yeah, in the middle of us all)
[Outro]
(Male)
If I touch that rage
Will I lose my name?
(Female)
If I starve that side
Will it starve my flame?
Both
We walk that wire
We hold that door
Such a tiny world
Such a hungry war

rap, Moody cinematic hip-hop duet with male and female vocals trading verses; sparse piano over deep, swinging drums and distant choirs. First verse intimate and close-mic, second verse more intense with layered ad-libs and subtle synth textures. Choruses widen with stacked harmonies, reverb-soaked stabs, and a dark, pulsing low-end that swells then cuts to near-silence on the final line., hip hop, light, sad