Flicker in the Static

[Verse 1]
You left in the middle of winter
Half-packed boxes on the floor
Coffee stain on your old sweater
Still hanging on my door
I wear your coat when I’m unraveling
Talk to the air like you can answer me
“I’m fine
I’m fine”
My favorite lie
Keeps echoing
[Chorus]
I’m a flicker in the static
Burning out
Then burning bright
Wish you saw the way I’m crashing
Up all day
Awake all night
I keep climbing
Keep collapsing
On a ladder made of glass
I’m a flicker in the static
Still looking for you in the flash
[Verse 2]
Some days I swear I’m just like you
Calm hands
Steady on the wheel
Next day I’m a car without a driver
White knuckles on something I can’t feel
They call it a wave
But I’m the ocean
Swallowed by every motion
Would you pull me back
Or ride it with me
Through the commotion?
[Chorus]
I’m a flicker in the static
Burning out
Then burning bright
Wish you saw the way I’m crashing
Up all day
Awake all night
I keep climbing
Keep collapsing
On a ladder made of glass
I’m a flicker in the static
Still looking for you in the flash
[Bridge]
Do you see me when I’m spinning? (spinning)
Talking to the ceiling fan
Begging for an off switch
In a language it won’t understand
All these colors in my bloodstream
Turn to grayscale when I crash
I’d trade every manic sunrise
For one more ordinary laugh
[Chorus]
I’m a flicker in the static
Burning out
Then burning bright
Wish you saw the way I’m crashing
Up all day
Awake all night
I keep climbing
Keep collapsing
On a ladder made of glass
I’m a flicker in the static
Still looking for you in the flash
Still reaching through the static
For the hand I can’t get back

metal, Surging metalcore / alt-metal hybrid: dissonant guitars over tight, swung drums, male vocals that shift from fragile clean melodies in the verses to tortured high screams in the chorus. Start restrained with palm-muted riffs and roomy toms, then explode into half-time breakdowns and octave leads. Bridge opens into post-hardcore ambience with delay-soaked lead lines and choral backing before one last crushing, hook-driven chorus., post-hardcore, metalcore, alternative metal