

Prompt / Lyrics
[INTRO – ominous, crushing] (low-tuned guitars fade in, slow feedback swell) (sub-bass pressure builds under silence) (distant distorted ambience, like air tearing) (drums enter half-time, restrained) ⸻ [VERSE 1 – CLEAN VOCALS] I don’t recognize the face staring back at me It moves when I move, but it’s not mine I woke up inside a life already written Reading lines I never designed I learned how to smile without meaning How to nod, how to blend, how to fade Every choice felt borrowed Every breath pre-paid ⸻ [PRE-CHORUS – CLEAN → FRY EDGE] (guitars begin to swell, tension rising) I only feel real when it hurts When the ache cuts through the fog If the pain ever lets me go Do I disappear… or rot? ⸻ [CHORUS – CLEAN + SCREAM LAYERS] (full band drops, wide guitars, crushing low end) (CLEAN) I’m breathing but I’m not alive Just shadows keeping time (SCREAM) I’M A BODY WITHOUT A SOUL JUST A PULSE IN THE STATIC NOISE (CLEAN) I wear my skin like a compromise Just trying to survive (SCREAM) IF PAIN IS ALL THAT MAKES ME REAL THEN TAKE IT ALL — I NEED TO FEEL ⸻ [VERSE 2 – SCREAMED LEADS, CLEAN BACKING] (drums push harder, guitars tighter) (SCREAM) I live between the mask and the mirror Stacked lies stitched into my skin I don’t remember who I was Just who I’ve been pretending (CLEAN, haunting harmony) Pretending… pretending… (SCREAM) I’m scared if I stop holding together I’ll dissolve into air I’ve been surviving for so long I forgot how to care ⸻ [PRE-CHORUS – DUAL VOCALS] (music pulls back briefly) (CLEAN) Silence keeps asking who I am (SCREAM) AND I DON’T HAVE AN ANSWER (CLEAN) If I let this version die (SCREAM) WHAT’S LEFT AFTER? ⸻ [CHORUS – HEAVIER, MORE AGGRESSIVE] (guitars drop lower, drums hit harder) (CLEAN) I’m breathing but I’m not alive Just existing in disguise (SCREAM) SURVIVING ISN’T LIVING I’M JUST WAITING TO COLLAPSE (CLEAN) I fade between the truth and lie Just to keep my heart in line (SCREAM) I FEEL MOST REAL WHEN I’M BREAKING WHEN THE NUMBNESS DIES ⸻ [BREAKDOWN – FULL SCREAMS] (tempo slows, chugging guitars, massive low end) (SCREAM) I DON’T KNOW WHO I’VE BECOME I DON’T KNOW IF I EVER DID I’M TERRIFIED OF FEELING NOTHING BUT I’M EXHAUSTED FROM THE PAIN I’M IN (pause — feedback swell) (SCREAM) BREATHING WITHOUT A BODY ⸻ [BRIDGE – CLEAN, EMPTY, FLOATING] (everything drops to ambient guitar and distant drums) (CLEAN, vulnerable) If I stopped pretending tomorrow Would anyone notice the change? Or would I finally feel alive Without bleeding just to prove my name ⸻ [FINAL CHORUS – CLEAN LEAD + SCREAM RESPONSE] (full instrumentation returns, massive and emotional) (CLEAN) I’m breathing but I’m not alive Still here, but barely inside (SCREAM) I SURVIVED EVERY VERSION OF ME BUT I NEVER LEARNED HOW TO LIVE (CLEAN) I don’t want to fade to nothing I don’t want to wear this lie (SCREAM) I JUST WANT TO EXIST WITHOUT HAVING TO DIE INSIDE ⸻ [OUTRO – COLLAPSING] I’m still here… I just don’t know who that is…
Tags
Atmospheric Metalcore, Alternative Metal, Post-Metal, Alt-Metal, Modern Metalcore, Atmospheric Dreamgaze, male
5:08
No
12/21/2025