Hollow Signal

INTRO (Atmospheric)

(Chanting fading in)

I TRIED TO FEEL

BUT I’M EMPTY

CUT THE NOISE — IT’S KILLING ME (x2)

YEAH (Roar fading out)

(Clean guitar swells, distant synth pad, low sub pulse)

(No vocals — breathing room, dread builds)

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VERSE 1 — (Clean Vocals) (Low, restrained)

I wake up numb inside my skin

Same walls, same noise closing in

I scream but nothing leaves my chest

Just echoes carving out my head

Every step feels counterfeit

I wear this face but don’t exist

I’m still breathing, still awake

But I feel less with every day

(⬇ Melody stays low and narrow)

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PRE-CHORUS — Clean → Gritty Clean (Rising tension)

I keep digging just to feel the ground

But all I touch just pulls me down

If this is living, tell me why

I feel more dead with open eyes

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CHORUS — (Clean Vocals) (Wide, emotional)

I’m falling into the hollow signal

Where every thought just fades to black

I scream for something real to hold me

But there’s nothing staring back

I’m lost inside the hollow signal

No light, no sound, no afterglow

I’m still here but I’m already gone

Pulled under by the undertow

(⬆⬇ Big melody, heavy chords, emotional release)

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POST-CHORUS (Instrumental Hit)

(Single-note guitar line + sub bass)

(Short silence between hits)

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VERSE 2 — Clean Vocals (More intensity)

I bite my tongue, I swallow truth

I’ve bled this lie into a loop

I say I’m fine, I play the part

While everything caves in my heart

If I let go, will I still fall?

Or hit the bottom of it all

I keep waiting for a sign

But silence answers every time

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PRE-CHORUS 2 — Gritty Clean → Half Scream

I keep sinking, wide awake

Buried under my mistakes

If I disappear tonight

Would anyone feel the weight?

(⬆ Drums push harder)

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CHORUS 2 — (Clean Vocals) (Heavier backing)

I’m falling into the hollow signal

Where every thought just fades to black

I scream for something real to hold me

But there’s nothing staring back

I’m lost inside the hollow signal

No light, no sound, no afterglow

I’m still here but I’m already gone

Pulled under by the undertow

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BREAKDOWN — Harsh Vocals (Slow, nasty, spaced)

(Tempo drops — crushing half-time)

I TRIED TO FEEL

BUT I’M EMPTY

CUT THE NOISE — IT’S KILLING ME

NO ESCAPE

NO RELEASE

I’M A GHOST WITH TEETH

(Long pauses between lines, drums hit like anvils)

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BRIDGE — (Clean Vocals) (Vulnerable, almost whisper)

If I vanish in the dark

Would that finally be enough

I don’t want to be saved

I just want to feel something

(Atmosphere swells, distortion creeps back in)

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FINAL CHORUS — (Clean + Background Harsh Layers)

I’m falling into the hollow signal

Where every thought just fades to black

I scream for something real to hold me

But there’s nothing staring back

I’m lost inside the hollow signal

No light, no sound, no afterglow

I’m still here but I’m already gone

Pulled under by the undertow

(⬆ Biggest, heaviest version)

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OUTRO — Clean Vocals (Fading)

I’m still breathing

But I’m gone

(Instrumental decay, feedback, low synth hum)