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)

Modern metal, dark atmospheric, slow heavy grooves, emotional cleans, restrained screams, moody and crushing.