The Price of One

[Verse 1]
You laid your faith
Like knives on my tongue
Said
“Bleed me whole
Or leave me undone”
I carved your name
In the back of my mind
Every scar a vow
Every vow a lie
[Chorus]
The price of death is the life of many
I gave you all until there’s nothing of me
I’m just a shadow where your heartbeat fed
What does it mean
To die for you and still not rest
[Verse 2]
You drank my days
Till the calendar burned
Turned my trust to salt
Every bridge to dirt
My veins ran dry
On your holy need
You called it love
I called it a siege
[Chorus]
The price of death is the life of many
I gave you all until there’s nothing of me
I’m just a shadow where your heartbeat fed
What does it mean
To die for you and still not rest
[Bridge]
[Drums drag slower
Guitars ring out]
I buried my breath
In your empty hands
You never looked down
You called it a plan
If sacrifice
Is the crown you crave
Then wear my bones
Like a wedding veil
[Chorus]
The price of death is the life of many
I burned away so you could finally see
I was the altar that you left unfed
What does it mean
To die for you and kill myself instead
[Outro]
(yeah)
I gave you everything
You gave me this grave
One name on the stone
But a thousand you saved

rock, Crushing death metal ballad, 80–90 BPM, down-tuned guitars and massive, slow drum hits. Verses start with haunting clean arpeggios and distant female raspy vocals, then surge into thick tremolo riffs. Chorus explodes with layered screams and harmonized growls, double-kick swells, and sustained chords. Bridge drops to eerie feedback and whispered lines before a final, cavernous breakdown. Female vocals shifting from smoky melody to cavern-deep death roars., beautiful, deep, vocal, death metal, slow