Sleep Paralysis

[Intro]
[hissing static under low guitar drone]
(ha...ha...ha...)
I feel you
watching
(come closer)
[Verse 1]
Wake up
but my body stays stone
Eyes pinned
to the shadow on the chrome
Ceiling fan stutters
like it’s spelling my name
You sit on my chest
whisper venom in my brain
Cold breath
crawling up my spine
Teeth in my ear
saying, “You are mine”
Claws trace circles
right under my skin
I scream in my skull
but I can’t pull air in
[Chorus]
Sleep paralysis
you pin me down, I can’t resist
You wear my face like a mask, like this
laugh in my mouth when we coexist (ha ha)
Sleep paralysis
frozen in a nightmare kiss
If I wake I’m scared I’ll miss
the way your darkness presses in
[Verse 2]
Walls bend
like they’re leaning to hear
You drip from the corner
a smudge becoming clear
You move how a glitch moves
jerked frame by frame
Every blink
is a cut to a worse new frame
You chant my secrets
backward, slow
Words I buried years ago
You say, “You called me
every time you closed your eyes”
And I remember
every night I prayed for a high
[Chorus]
Sleep paralysis
you pin me down, I can’t resist
You wear my face like a mask, like this
laugh in my mouth when we coexist (yeah)
Sleep paralysis
frozen in a nightmare kiss
If I wake I’m scared I’ll miss
the way your darkness presses in
[Bridge]
[beat drops to murmuring bass and distant screams]
Creep in the crawlspace
crow in the hall
You never use doors
you slip through the wall
You’re in my chest
you’re under my skin
I lock the house down
you walk right in (walk right in)
I bite my tongue
’till I taste that rust
You lick the wound
say “In sleep we trust”
If this is hell
I built it myself
You hand me the hammer
point me to the shelf (ha...ha...)
[Chorus]
Sleep paralysis
you pin me down, I can’t resist
You wear my face like a mask, like this
growl in my throat when we coexist (ha ha)
Sleep paralysis
frozen in a nightmare kiss
If I wake I’m scared I’ll miss
the way your darkness presses in
[Outro]
[guitars fade to eerie synth hum and distorted breathing]
(ha...ha...ha...)
Don’t wake me up
Don’t wake me up
I’m yours
’till I can move again

rap, Dark modern rock/nu-metal hybrid with male vocals: drop-tuned guitars, industrial synth textures, sub-heavy bass. Verses ride a stalking half-time groove with whispered rap lines and distant demonic laughs. Choruses explode into screamed melodic hooks and layered growls, with glitchy vocal chops in the gaps. Bridge dives into eerie ambience, reversed pads, and distorted breaths before a final huge chorus., rap rock, nu metal, rock, sleep, alternative rock, electronic