[Genre: Dark Alt Rock / Haunted Pop
BPM: 78
Key: D minor
Vibe: Haunting, angry restraint, emotional intensity without screaming, raw female vocal edge]
[Verse 1]
Mommy said she’d never leave
Left the door wide open for the thieves
Daddy cried behind closed doors
Grandma Told me “love just hurts sometimes, child”
Friends said “girl, I got your back”
Turned to shadows dressed in black
Every “forever” carved in stone
Crumbled soon as I stood alone
(Music: hollow piano, distant reverb, faint vinyl crackle)
[Pre-Chorus]
So I learned to read between the lies
Memorize the warning signs
Trust is just a pretty word
No one really means
(Music: low bass pulse, tension strings creeping in)
[Chorus]
So don’t you promise me nothing
Don’t say you’ll stay or you’ll love me
Don’t build me up just to drop me
I’ve buried enough belief
Don’t tell me “you’d never hurt me”
That line just don’t deserve me
I’d rather sit in the lonely
Than bleed for what won’t be
(Music: slow heavy drums, dark synths, controlled powerful vocals)
[Verse 2]
Lovers kissed like loaded guns
Every touch just came undone
Said I’m “different,” said I’m “rare”
Still disappeared like I wasn’t there
I got habits I can’t outrun
Numb the nights, chase the sun
Every high just drags me low
But it’s the only peace I know
(Music: bass heavier, subtle distorted guitar, heartbeat rhythm)
[Pre-Chorus]
I don’t trust these hands I hold
Even mine feel cold
Love don’t live here anymore
Just echoes in the walls
(Music: layered vocals, rising tension)
[Chorus]
So don’t you promise me nothing
Don’t try to fix what’s ugly
Don’t say I’m worth the fighting
Then walk when it gets deep
Don’t tell me “you understand me”
No one ever has, see
I learned to live in the chaos
It’s the only thing that stays
(Music: fuller drums, haunting choir pads, emotional peak)
[Bridge]
Yeah I’ve been touched by the wrong kind of hands
Loved by the worst kind of men
I blurred the lines just to feel alive
Then hated myself again
Got a darkness I dance with at night
Yeah, she knows me too well
She whispers “give up, it’s easier”
And some days… I almost fell
(Music: stripped piano, echo vocals, chilling silence breaks)
[Break / Spoken-Sung]
You wanna save me?
You can’t even stay.
(Music: near silence, low hum)
[Final Chorus]
So don’t you promise me nothing
Don’t dress your lies up lovely
I’ve seen how truth gets twisted
When love starts to leave
Don’t tell me I’m gonna make it
I’m tired of being your “fix it”
But somewhere deep in the wreckage…
There’s a piece of me
Still breathing
(Music: slow build, haunting choir, minimal drums, emotional restraint)
[Outro]
I don’t need your promises…
I survived without them
(Music: piano fades, distant echo, silence)
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