Empty Screen

(Heavy, distorted guitar riff)

Verse 1

(Slow, dragging rhythm, bass heavy)

Empty screen is blinding bright

I'm tracing lines where you should be

I kill the phone and kill the light

But still the shadows look like me

I feel the static take the air

Verse 2

(Slightly faster, more aggressive strumming)

I try to meet your honest gaze

But my vision's blurred and thin

Trapped between these lonely days

And the hollow space I'm living in

My hands shake when I touch your chair

Chorus

(Explosive, crashing drums, full distortion, high energy)

The wires are frayed and burning out

There’s a silence where my soul should shout

I keep waiting for the feeling to return

It just leaves a vacant space to learn

Verse 3

(Back to slow, heavy rhythm)

I seek the truth beneath the lie

I climb the walls inside my head

I watch the hopeful moments die

And wish I'd stayed instead in bed

I watch the clock hands freeze and stare

Verse 4

(Faster, driving rhythm)

I walk the path to find some peace

But I'm dragging chains behind

A cheap and momentary release

The only company I find

Another promise I can't repair

Chorus

(Explosive, crashing drums, full distortion, high energy)

The wires are frayed and burning out

There’s a silence where my soul should shout

I keep waiting for the feeling to return

It just leaves a vacant space to learn

Bridge

(Guitar feedback, tempo slows down, whispered vocals over minimal bass)

The water's deep, the current's strong

I know exactly where I went wrong

I'm reaching out past the glass

Waiting for the broken image to pass

(Tempo builds, drums hit hard on every beat)

I need something real to grab hold of

Something pure that feels like love

Not this cold, synthetic thing

The weight of what the numbness brings

Guitar Solo

(Feedback-laden, screeching, chaotic solo, dissonant chords)

Verse 5

(Return to Verse 1 tempo, strained vocals)

Empty screen is blinding bright

I’m tracing lines where you should be

I kill the phone and kill the light

But still the shadows look like me

I feel the static take the air

Chorus

(Final, powerful, raw delivery)

The wires are frayed and burning out

There’s a silence where my soul should shout

I keep waiting for the feeling to return

It just leaves a vacant space to learn

Outro

(Drums fade to just a cymbal hiss, guitar strums a single, sustained, distorted chord that slowly feeds back and dies out)

Vacant space...

(Silence)