The Vampire’s Lament

(Intro – clean delay guitar, distant thunder)
Muted whispers
Quiet rain
Thunder rolling
Kills the pain

(Verse 1)
Quiet numbers drain my mind
Counting patterns out of time
What’s the difference line by line
Say it softly all the time

Perfect posture smile and grace
Polished surface hollow space
Hides the fractures hides the waste
Cracks are forming in the face

(Pre-Chorus)
Hold it steady don’t let slip
Every tremor in the script
Teeth are clenched voice is still
Static building under will

(Chorus)
The wreckage of my mind
I’ve seen it all a thousand times
Don’t take me for a hollow stare
Just understand that I’ve been there

Before
And after
Before
And still

(Verse 2)
Measured breathing calm and slow
While the undertow starts to grow
Every answer pre-designed
But the question splits the line

Echo chambers in my skull
Every silence overfull
Say I’m fine bare my teeth twice
Say it till it sounds like life

(Pre-Chorus)
Hold the rhythm don’t collapse
Hide the tremor in the gaps
Every second out of phase
Every thought a mirrored maze

(Chorus)
The wreckage of my mind
I’ve seen it all a thousand times
Don’t take me for a hollow stare
Just understand that I’ve been there

Before
And after
Before
And still

(Bridge – halftime feel)
Split the signal cut the feed
Starve the noise but still it bleeds
Every version of myself
Hung like skins upon a shelf

Pick your mask and wear it well
Heaven’s quiet feels like hell

(Breakdown – syncopated chant)
Say it straight say it still
Say it bends to fit the will
Say it clean say it right
Say it loud through the quiet

(Final Chorus)
The wreckage of my mind
I’ve seen it all a thousand times
Don’t take me for a hollow stare
Just understand that I’ve been there

Before
And after
Before
And still

Still
Still

Prog alt djent math rock, dark nocturnal tone, tight syncopation, ambient verses, heavy breakdown, haunting emotional ch