LOVE IT HATE IT BURIED IT

(Intro Heavy Guitar)

Verse 1

I kept receipts for every bruiseSorted by year and circumstanceBuilt whole evenings out of rerunsOf words nobody says anymore

I trained my mouth to answer firstBefore a thought could leave its chairEvery doorway wore the same resultNo matter who was standing there

Pre-Chorus

I called it wisdom

I called it caution

I never asked who taught me that

Chorus

I loved it

I hated it

I buried it

The answer waiting for the question

The sentence finished from the start

I loved it

I hated it

I buried it

The hand that reached across the table

And rearranged every card

Verse 2

I carried rooms inside my headFilled wall to wall with old reactionsEvery shelf bent from the weightOf things that should have disappeared

I could predict the final pageFrom just a paragraph or twoThe ending always looked familiar

Because it always passed through you

Pre-Chorus

Not you the stranger

Not you the enemy

You—the voice behind the wheel

Chorus

I loved it

I hated it

I buried it

The map that folded every journey

Back into the same address

I loved it

I hated it

I buried it

The filter stretched across my vision

Turning maybe into yes

Metal Guitar Solo I

Verse 3

So I returned to every hallwayWhere that companion learned my shapeNot to bargain

Not to blame

Not to drag another name

I came alone

With open hands

To meet the architect at last

He wore my posture

Spoke my language

And borrowed every year I'd passed

Chorus

I loved it

I hated it

I buried it

Not because it failed to save me

Not because it meant me harm

I loved it

I hated it

I buried it

Because its grip became so gentle

I forgot it was an arm

Metal Guitar Solo II

Bridge

No witness stood beside the ground

No choir marked the hour

No final enemy appeared

Demanding one last round

Just silence

And a space where noise had lived

For longer than I could remember

Metal Guitar Solo III

Final Chorus

I loved it

I hated it

I buried it

The script beneath a thousand choices

The current underneath the floor

I loved it

I hated it

I buried it

And when the last shovelful had settled

Something moved behind the door

Breakdown

No emperor climbed from the earth

No miracle

No legend

No untouchable survivor

Just a pulse

Just a breath

Just a man with empty pockets

Standing where a ruler stood

I LOVED IT!

I HATED IT!

I BURIED IT!

The one who spoke before I spoke

The one who chose before I chose

I LOVED IT!

I HATED IT!

I BURIED IT!

AND FROM THAT OPEN GROUND

I FINALLY ROSE!