Ashes in the Amplifier

[Verse 1]
Woke up to your echo in my teeth
Bite marks in the memory, I still bleed
Your name on the mirror, written wrong
Smear it with my fist till it's all gone
[Pre-Chorus]
But every shadow wears your shape
Every quiet room, your taste
I try to outrun what I made
But the past keeps picking up the pace (yeah)
[Chorus]
You’re the haunting in my head
Like a curse I never said
Every breath, you bend it backward
Till I’m choking on the answer
You’re the ghost behind my eyes
Set the halo on fire
I keep screaming through the static
But you’re ashes in the amplifier
[Verse 2]
Cold sweat on the floorboards, heart off beat
Pacing like a cage fight, bare feet
I slam shut every door you kicked in
Still hear your laugh under my skin (under my skin)
[Rap Rock Break]
Yeah, I stitched up the silence, you rip it apart
You live in the glitch between thought and heart
You’re the glitch in my grip, little slip of the knife
Cut a hole in my faith, bled into my life
I burn every picture, but you print in my veins
Ink in the arteries, art out of pain
I’m a church in collapse, stained glass in my lungs
When I breathe, you speak in another tongue (hey!)
[Chorus]
You’re the haunting in my head
Like a curse I never said
Every breath, you bend it backward
Till I’m choking on the answer
You’re the ghost behind my eyes
Set the halo on fire
I keep screaming through the static
But you’re ashes in the amplifier
[Bridge]
[whispered, distant]
If I tear you out, what’s left of me?
If I let you stay, will I ever be free?
[full voice]
So I cut the cord
But the cord cuts back
I bury your words
They crawl from the cracks
If healing is hell, then I’m halfway through
One foot in my grave
One foot leaving you (leaving you)
[Chorus]
You’re the haunting in my head
Like a curse I never said
Every breath, you bend it backward
Till I’m choking on the answer
You’re the ghost behind my eyes
Set the halo on fire
I keep screaming through the static
But you’re ashes in the amplifier
[Outro]
Fade out of my bloodstream
Fade out of this room
If you’re all that ever loved me
I’ll learn to love the wound (oh)
Ashes in the amplifier
I’ll learn to love the wound

rap, Crushed-velvet alternative rock with male vocals, drop-tuned guitars grinding against processed sub-bass, glitchy synth pulses tucked under the verses. Half-sung, half-spit vocals in the rap sections, then a wide, soaring hook with stacked screams and harmonies. Choruses explode with tight drums and distorted bass; bridge dives into eerie electronic textures before a final, full-band knockout., electronic, rap rock, alternative rock, male vocals, rock, nu metal