Demon in the Attic

[Intro]
Creak in the ceiling
Cold drip on the plaster
Dust in the daylight
Breath getting faster
[Verse 1]
There’s a box in the corner
Locked up, taped shut, still shaking
All the names that you called me
Scratched deep in the drywall, flaking
Every footstep above me
Feels like I’m waking the past
Every scar that you left here
Still screaming through the cracks
[Chorus]
There’s a demon in the attic
And it sounds like me (sounds like me)
Every secret that I’ve buried
Crawls up through the beams
I keep nailing down these memories
But they won’t stay sealed in plastic
Yeah, I live down in the hallway
With a demon in the attic (hey!)
[Verse 2]
Family photos are crooked
Eyes cut out by a shaky hand
All the “sorry” you never said
Stuffed in a coffee can
You pray under the nightlight
I pray that the floor won’t cave
‘Cause the weight of what we don’t say
Turns a house to a haunted grave
[Chorus]
There’s a demon in the attic
And it sounds like me (sounds like me)
Every secret that I’ve buried
Crawls up through the beams
I keep nailing down these memories
But they won’t stay sealed in plastic
Yeah, I live down in the hallway
With a demon in the attic (oh yeah)
[Bridge]
Shh
Don’t speak its name
It feeds on blame
It feeds on shame
I’ve been running from the rafters
Since I learned how to breathe
But the monster in the shadows
Wears my face, my teeth
[Chorus]
There’s a demon in the attic
And it sounds like me (sounds like me)
Every secret that I’ve buried
Crawls up through the beams
I keep nailing down these memories
But they won’t stay sealed in plastic
If I burn down every room here
Will it finally leave?
Or will I rise up through the smoke
As the demon in the attic?

rap, Hybrid alt/nu-metal and electronic rock with male vocals: tense, syncopated verses over glitchy synth pulses and palm-muted guitars, then explosive, half-time choruses with thick distorted riffs and layered gang vocals. Rap-rock cadence in the verses, screamed harmonies in the hook, and a warped, filtered bridge that drops to sub-bass and eerie pads before the final full-band blast., electronic, alternative rock, nu metal, rock, rap rock