(Intro – Clean ambient guitar / whisper vocals)
(barely audible)
Wake up, suit up, break down, repeat…
One more day, one more defeat…
(Verse 1 – Clean + Melodic)
The sun comes up, but I’m still buried
Under weight I can’t explain
Another mask, another morning
Just pretend I’m not in pain
Coffee’s cold, my hands are shaking
Clock’s a god I can’t escape
Silent war inside my ribcage
But I smile like I’m okay
(Pre-Chorus – Clean/Distorted)
I break my back just to make you proud
But I feel like I’m just breaking down
(Chorus – Screamed + Clean Layer)
(SCREAMED)
I’m less than human, more like a ghost!
Living to serve, but I’m dying the most!
These bones weren’t built to carry this weight!
But I can’t let go — it’s already too late!
(CLEAN):
You deserve the world, so I give what I’ve got
Even if it kills me… I won’t stop
(Verse 2 – Low Vocals + Build-Up)
I bleed for love you never asked for
Every scar, a vow I swore
Can’t let you see I’m hollowed out
So I laugh when I feel nothing anymore
(Bridge – Screamed Breakdown)
DON’T LOOK AT ME LIKE I’M STRONG
WHEN I’VE BEEN DYING ALL ALONG!
CAN’T CRY, CAN’T FALL, CAN’T FAIL, CAN’T BREAK!
MY BODY’S A CAGE — I’M MY OWN MISTAKE!
(INSTRUMENTAL INTERLUDE )
(Ambient synth swell into brutal, slow chugs)
“I’m not enough, I never was…”
“Just keep going, no matter what it does…”
(Second Breakdown – SCREAMED)
RIP ME APART IF IT HELPS YOU HEAL!
I’LL TRADE MY PEACE FOR SOMETHING REAL!
I’M THE SHADOW BEHIND YOUR LIGHT!
AND I’LL KEEP FADING OUT OF SIGHT!
(pause — one beat of silence)
(SCREAMED)
I DON’T KNOW WHO I AM ANYMORE!
BUT I KNOW WHO I’M BLEEDING FOR!
(Pre-Chorus Reprise – Clean + Backing Screams)
You say I’m more than what I see
But I just don’t believe in me…
(Backing screamed: “Believe in me!”)
(Final Chorus –with massive instrumentation)
(Full Screamed)
I’m less than human, more like a ghost!
Living to serve, but I’m dying the most!
I gave my soul just to keep you fed!
Now there’s nothing but echoes in my head!
(Final Line – Whispered over fading guitars)
I love you more than I hate myself…
…but that love is killing me.
ReapEternal
