City Of Shadows

[Verse 1]
(The sound of a heavy iron gate creaking open. A low, vibrating bass note starts.)
In the deep underworld,
That’s where I met Beelzebub.
I've been lost, I've been cursed,
I'm probably banned from church.

[Chorus]
(The music opens up into a wide, cavernous sound with a haunting choir.)
City of shadows, looking for my hollow,
Lump in my throat, it's getting hard to swallow.
City of shadows, where misery's normal,
Demons all sing a choral to warm up—I'm scared, bud.

[Verse 2]
Monstrous faces,
And plenty of phases.
Umbral nightmares, dreadful and frightening.
(Music cuts to a rhythmic, ticking clock sound)
I'm looking for something I don't think I'll find,
A mysterious healing, so I’ll leave the past behind.
But I crossed the line, beneath the lies,
You'll find a broken soul with a tormented mind.

[Bridge]
(Vocals are layered and whispered from multiple directions)
I'm stealing my own life,
I dimmed my own light.
Numbing my inside,
All alone in this lugubrious night.

[Verse 3]
(The beat gets heavier—industrial drums, like hammers hitting metal)
Built a hell in my head,
Where the devil wants me dead.
Maybe I should end it all,
Before I die in my bed.
I tasted the poison,
Killed my emotions.
Got lost in a prison,
Made of illusions... (illusions...)

[Chorus]
City of shadows, looking for my hollow,
Lump in my throat, it's getting hard to swallow.
City of shadows, where misery's normal,
Demons all sing a choral to warm up—I'm scared, bud.

[Outro]
(The choir from the chorus starts to distort and slow down)
City of shadows...
I'm scared, bud...
(The iron gate from the intro slams shut. Total silence.)

72 BPM (Slow, dragging, "sludge" tempo), Deep Brass, Echoing Bells, Choir of Distorted Voices, Male