**Choke in the Silence**
*35 BPM • Dark Dramatic Blues Horrorcore Trap*
*(Their final version of the truth)*
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[Intro – sparse, cold piano under a slow dragging trap pulse]
Babe…
just go away.
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[Verse 1]
Just fade away from me
I don’t want to hear you crying
or see your tears
Just let me be
in the silence
not in the war with yourself
You’re all hung up
on the idea that you just don’t matter
at least not to me
But it’s yourself you should be tripping on
It’s your problems
and I just can’t see
how you’d ever blame me for your faults
I can’t fix you
so don’t ask me
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[Chorus]
This is your fault, not mine
just like any of them are
I’m so chill it’s unreal
You fight your battles alone
you wear the scars
It’s your fucked-up childhood
that followed you so damn far
You ain’t my problem
not even a little
Blame your mama
for the way you are
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[Verse 2]
I don’t know why you’re so upset
it ain’t like I promised you a damn thing
You wanted to be close
now you’re upset
and you went too far
Let me be your world
while you’re nothing more than a tool
I used you up like you wanted
you stuck around like the fool
Push me, bend me
you’ll never break me
I’ll never change
no, not for you
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[Bridge – slower, almost spoken, venom under the blues]
I’m selfish in so many ways
you just can’t understand it
and I can’t let you chase me
You’re not worth it, boo-boo
I can’t show you shit
despite myself
I want you to jump
and I’ll let you hit the floor so gracefully
I want you silent
while I pick and poke
Don’t make noise
I just want to see you choke
in the silence that follows me
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[Outro – dry, final, fading into static]
I showed you my ugly face
and you chose to believe
I could be so much better
than I can ever be
There’s too much good in you
to ever be comfortable
with me being me
So just go away…
fade away…
and choke
in the silence
I leave behind.
Ashonedge
