Endless Loop

[Verse 1]
Woke up in a room that I know too well
Same four walls, same cheap hotel
Same stain on the ceiling
Same ache I keep feeling
Biting on the inside of my cheek ‘til it bleeds
Just to prove that I’m real, but I’m stuck on repeat
Every channel on the TV
Just reflections of the worst me
[Pre-Chorus]
Try to breathe in slow
But my ribs say “no”
Every thought reloads
I can’t let go
[Chorus]
No, stop, kill me, save me, help me
No one here, no one to save me
Endless loop playing in my head
Head hurts, head hurts, wish it all went dead
No, stop, kill me, save me, help me
Staring at the ceiling, it betrays me
Endless loop chewing through my brain
Make it stop, make it stop, make it stop
I’m circling the drain
[Verse 2]
Clock hands twitch like they’re laughing at me
Second hand strangling the minute I breathe
Every message on my phone
Is a ghost, is a joke, yeah, I’m left alone
Got a smile I can staple to my face for the day
But it peels when the sun slips away
I’m a glitch in the program
Banging on the glass of a slow jammed scan
[Pre-Chorus]
I’ve been screaming “wait”
But the fall won’t break
Every step I fake
Is another quake
[Chorus]
No, stop, kill me, save me, help me
No one here, no one to save me
Endless loop playing in my head
Head hurts, head hurts, wish it all went dead
No, stop, kill me, save me, help me
Staring at the ceiling, it betrays me
Endless loop chewing through my brain
Make it stop, make it stop, make it stop
I’m circling the drain
[Verse 3]
Yeah, I’m running in a hallway that just won’t end
Every door that I open is the same old friend
My doubt on the couch with a crooked grin
Says “come sit down, let’s dig that skin”
And I scratch ‘til I see what’s under my fear
It’s a kid in the dark, holding back tears
With a list of the things he was told he’d miss
If he dropped this weight, if he slipped from the grip
[Pre-Chorus]
If I say “I’m fine”
Would you read that lie?
I’m a landmine mind
Counting down inside
[Chorus]
No, stop, kill me, save me, help me
No one here, no one to save me
Endless loop playing in my head
Head hurts, head hurts, wish it all went dead
No, stop, kill me, save me, help me
Staring at the ceiling, it betrays me
Endless loop chewing through my brain
Make it stop, make it stop, make it stop
I’m circling the drain
[Bridge]
[Drums drop to half-time, vocal pulled close and raw]
I don’t wanna die
I just wanna kill this pain inside (inside)
I don’t wanna fade
I just need the storm to break today (today)
If I reach out, will you pull me through? (pull me through)
If I black out, will you see me too? (see me too)
I’m a cracked glass heart on a bathroom floor
One more breath, one step, one more
[Chorus]
No, stop, hear me, save me, help me
Someone there, someone please take me
From this loop playing in my head
Head hurts, head hurts, but I’m not dead
No, stop, hear me, save me, help me
Hold me up when the dark enslaves me
Endless loop, but I’m breaking the chain
One more shot, one more shout, one more day
I won’t go down the drain
[Outro]
[Band hits ring out under a raw vocal]
No, stop, kill me, save me, help me (help me

rap, Aggressive nu metal with male vocals, drop-tuned guitars chugging in sync with a tight, swung groove. Verses spit urgent, rhythmic rap over palm-muted riffing and stuttering tom hits; pre-chorus climbs with dissonant chords and doubled vocal, then chorus explodes into soaring scream-sung hook with gang vocals and open chords. Bridge dives into half-time crush with filtered vocal, then final chorus up a notch with layered harmonies and feedback tail., nu metal, metal