Promise me nothing

[Genre: Dark Alt Rock / Haunted Pop

BPM: 78

Key: D minor

Vibe: Haunting, angry restraint, emotional intensity without screaming, raw female vocal edge]

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

You wanna save me?

You can’t even stay.

(Music: near silence, low hum)

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)

I don’t need your promises…

I survived without them

(Music: piano fades, distant echo, silence)