Peel Back the Quiet

[Verse 1]
Cold floor
Back to the wall
Every secret in my teeth
Grinding like a chain
Hands shake
Skin feels too small
Every mask I ever made
Pulling at the seams
[Pre-Chorus]
I’ve been hiding in my own face
Silhouettes in a glass frame
Every time that I look away
I feel me looking back
[low vocal register] Looking back [/low vocal register]
[Chorus]
Peel back the quiet
Layer by layer
I come undone
Let the shadow riot
Let every fracture touch the sun
If I’m breaking
Let it be
In the center of me
Peel back the quiet
’Til I hear what I’ve become
[Verse 2]
Slow drip
Memory sting
Little boy in a locked room
Counting all the lines
Deep breath
[whispered vocals] Don’t flinch now [/whispered vocals]
All the names I used to wear
Falling off my spine
[Pre-Chorus]
I’ve been praying to a blank space
Chasing ghosts I can’t outpace
Every scar with a first name
I trace it
Then it screams
[inward scream] Then it screams [/inward scream]
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[spoken
Low]
I am not this armor
I am not this pose
I am every bruise that blossomed
Every fault line that I chose
[screamed vocals]
Rip the pattern from my chest
Tear the script out of my throat
If the truth is all that’s left
Let it drown what I wrote
[melodic baritone]
Can I love what I find in the wreck?
Can I stay when the storm hits my neck?
[guitar solo]
[Chorus]

metal, Progressive metal meets alt-pop/R&B: downtuned polyrhythmic guitars, snarling bass, and shifting time signatures under atmospheric pads. Verses ride a sparse, syncopated groove with baritone male vocals half-sung, half-spoken; pre-chorus adds stacked airy harmonies. Chorus explodes with anthemic topline, parallel guitar leads, and wide stereo drums. Strategic pockets of screamed vocals and a brutal halftime breakdown contrast with soft falsetto ad-libs; lush reverb and delay keep everything feeling spacious and ethereal., pop, progressive metal, r&b, electric