Prompt / Lyrics
[Intro] Harps in the half-dark Cold hands on my chest Shadows pin my shoulders I can’t move Can’t rest [Verse 1] Eyes wide open Body buried in the bed Ceiling starts to ripple Like it’s breathing overhead Footsteps on my ribcage Something climbs inside my lungs My jaw locked shut in silence But it speaks through my tongue [Chorus] I’m awake in the living nightmare Tied to the bones I wear Every nerve is a rusted chain While a stranger pulls the reins I’m a ghost in my own pale eyes Watching it learn my lies Trapped in flesh that will not fight As a demon drives my life tonight [Verse 2] Nails trace circles On the back of my skull Whispers in a language That makes the whole room dull Faces in the plaster Mouths all moving when I scream But the sound stays in my marrow Like a drowned and broken dream [Pre-Chorus] It smiles with my teeth It rises with my feet (oh) Parade in my skin And I can’t retreat [Chorus] I’m awake in the living nightmare Tied to the bones I wear Every nerve is a rusted chain While a stranger pulls the reins I’m a ghost in my own pale eyes Watching it learn my lies Trapped in flesh that will not fight As a demon drives my life tonight [Bridge] [Choirs swelling Guitars drop to half-time] It says “Be still Be still You’re a mask I’ll learn to fill You’ll watch from the window As I walk you to the hill” I feel my fingers reaching For the ones I swore to save My heart beats out a warning From beneath a borrowed grave [Chorus] I’m awake in the living nightmare Tied to the bones I wear Every nerve is a rusted chain While a stranger pulls the reins I’m a ghost in my own pale eyes Watching it use my guise If I break Will it break too Or will it walk the world as you? [Outro] Harps fall silent Violins hold tight I blink once It smiles “I’ll be back Tomorrow night”
Tags
metal, Epic power/speed metal ballad with gothic choirs and eerie harp/violin lines; starts slow and haunted then surges into double-time drums and galloping rhythm guitars, male vocals soaring over stacked choral harmonies, orchestral swells and dramatic half-time breakdowns amplify the possession/paralysis theme, ballad, speed metal, power metal
Duration
7:59
Instrumental
No
Created
4/8/2026