The Fire Escape

​[Verse 1- A moody, atmospheric synth pad and a rapid, clicking trap hi-hat. The vocals are smooth, fast, and very rhythmic—classic Rain City Drive R&B cadence.]

Speak.

Speak the words aloud.

Tell me only one of us is crashing down.

Pause.

Can we just hit pause?

Stay inside the wreckage till the spark is gone.

​[Chorus- the track bursts open. Huge, arena-rock power chords, crashing cymbals, and a soaring clean vocal hook. It's catchy but heavy.]

I see the escape route you're trying to find

You want a clean break, leave the damage behind!

You're wearing a mask that I can't recognize

A stranger concealing the guilt in your eyes.

​[Verse 2- The guitars drop out instantly. Replaced by a thick, grooving 808 sub-bass. The vocals are slick but have a frustrated edge to them.]

Delusional.

If you think you can just overwrite the past.

I should've seen that the fever was fading too fast.

The weight of it.

Look what you made of it.

I've had enough!

​[Pre-Chorus- the clean guitars swell in, playing a dissonant, tension-building chord. The snare drum rolls build to a boiling point.]

God, I hope that you swallow the glass

From the mirrors you shattered!

I'm keeping my distance before I relapse.

You used to pull me close,

Now you just act like a ghost.

Don't leave me to bleed out alone!

​[Chorus- Return to the massive, anthemic metalcore wall of sound. Cymbals crashing on every beat.]

I see the escape route you're trying to find

You want a clean break, leave the damage behind!

You're wearing a mask that I can't recognize

A stranger concealing the guilt in your eyes.

​[Breakdown- The music cuts entirely. A single electronic bass drop hits. Then, a filthy, syncopated djent guitar riff comes in, locking perfectly with the kick drum. It completely shifts the song from pop-rock to brutal metalcore, guitar squeals]

Searching for the fire escape in the dark!

Addicted to the ruin, tearing us apart!

What broke the design?

When you're dreaming at night...

Do you picture the crash

In the smoke and the flashing lights?!

WHAT broke THE design?!

WHEN YOU'RE DREAMING AT NIGHT!

DO YOU PICTURE YOUR GUILT

IN THE SMOKE AND THE FLASHING LIGHTS?!

​[Chorus- The breakdown seamlessly morphs back into the catchy, soaring chorus, but the double-kick drums from the breakdown keep playing underneath it, giving it maximum energy.]

I see the escape route you're trying to find

You want a clean break, leave the damage behind!

You're wearing a mask that I can't recognize

A stranger concealing the guilt in your eyes!

​[Outro- Instrumentation: The heavy guitars ring out and decay. The trap hi-hat from the first verse returns for four bars, slowly fading into silence.]