Pen Pals of the Predator

[Verse 1]
Ink runs black on yellowed paper
Crooked script
Each line a scar
Glossy photos on your nightstand
You frame the faces they tore apart
You lip-read trials on a tablet
Quote their speeches like a creed
Bookmark blood and broken jaws
Call this "dark curiosity"
[Pre-Chorus]
You say you're just observing
Safe behind your screen
But something in you answers
When the monster speaks
[Chorus]
Pen pals of the predator
Writing back to the blade
You romanticize the butcher
Turn a slaughter into fame
Pen pals of the predator
You adore
Then you explain
Lick the stamp from a blood-stained hand
You and murder share a name
[Verse 2]
You save each headline like a postcard
Track each body like a score
You send hearts to the courthouse
Leave sick hearts on the prison floor
You call the cages "misunderstood"
Collect their numbers like a prize
You want to stare into the abyss
And hope it stares back with kind eyes
[Pre-Chorus]
You swear it's just a hobby
"Psychology
" you claim
But you’re building them a altar
Carved from every victim’s name
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[low vocal register]
Paper cuts and fingerprints
Every letter leaves a stain
You trace the outline of their sins
They sign your soul
You sign their name
[growled]
You feed their myth
You fuel their grin
You pass the blade
From skin to skin
[crescendo]
You chew the gore
Then plead you're sane
You share the thrill
You share the blame
[Chorus]

Classic late-80s thrash at 175 BPM in E minor: palm-muted downpicked riffs, galloping bass, and tight double-kick under snarling male vocals. Verses are riff-driven with choked accents on key words; pre-chorus climbs with chromatic guitar stabs and gang-shout responses. Chorus opens into wider power-chord shapes and a chantable hook, riding halftime groove for impact. Mid-song bridge drops to a sinister tom-and-bass march with dissonant harmonized leads, then erupts back into the final chorus with layered shouts.