Shame

**[Intro – Spoken, echoing like Maynard in the shadows]**  
How the hell... should I feel?  
Shame creeps in the dark... sets it all aside...  

**[Verse 1 – Rap flow, Doobie-style: raw, melodic, pained delivery over heavy guitar riff]**  
Yo, lost in the mirror, demons whisperin' low  
How the hell should I feel when the blood starts to flow?  
Shame's a shadow, slitherin' under my skin  
Push it deep down, let the nightmare begin  
Eyes glazed over, heart pumpin' venom and spite  
That satisfactory smirk creepin' into the night  
Glowin' like a ghost in the fog of my mind  
Pretendin' it's fine, but I'm going blind 

**[Pre-Chorus – Building tension, layered vocals]**  
Perfection's a lie, leave me laying in the dust 
Turn it down low peace is a must

**[Chorus – Explosive Tool-like drop: heavy prog riffs, soaring/clean-to-scream vocals]**  
Let that satisfactory smirk  
Light up your face with all its might!  
Burn your clothes, write naked at night 
I see the anger, know you want to fight 
I can't make it better, no cure for your curse  
I can only make it hurt... make it worse!  

**[Verse 2 – Faster rap, horrorcore twist: darker, graphic imagery]**  
Twistin' the knife in the wounds that won't heal  
Who is this stable you speak of? Nah, that shit ain't real  
Born from the fire when you flipped on the lust  
Now I'm chained in the basement, gatherin' rust  
Screams in the walls, cannibal thoughts in my head  
Shame sets it free, leavin' innocence dead  
Smirk while you bleed, satisfaction in pain  
I'm the monster you made, drivin' me insane  

**[Bridge – Slow, atmospheric Tool build: polyrhythms, haunting guitars, whispered-to-roared vocals]**  
Spiraling down... into the dark we crave  
Lust awakens the beast, no soul left to save  
Perfection never existed... 'til you turned the key  
Now the horror's alive... inside you and me  
(Whisper: Make it hurt... make it hurt...)  

**[Chorus – Final, massive outburst]**  
Let that satisfactory smirk  
Light up your face with all its might!  
Glow through the gore, embrace the fight  
How the hell should I feel tonight?  
Shame sets it all aside...  
I can only make it hurt... only make it hurt!  

**[Outro – Fading echoes, distorted guitars winding down]**  
Hurt... hurt...  
(Spoken low:) Shame will set it all aside... forever.

Deep horror-infused alternative R&B/rock hybrid: crushing low-tuned progressive metal riffs with odd time signatures, br