[Tempo: Fast, aggressive riffing with melodic lead guitar]
[Driving rhythm, vocalist uses a mix of clean singing and strained harsh vocals]
The silence in this room is deafening, a constant feedback loop
Where every breath I take just sharpens the edge of this weary, aching stoop.
I trace the ghost of your handprint across the dusty windowpane,
Another night where sleep is banished, lost in this relentless rain.
I see the life we could have built, the paths we swore to tread,
Now every step I take alone feels like a spike driven through my head.
[Builds tension, drumming gets heavier, more double bass]
I drown the fire in my lungs just to scream your distant name,
'Cause every sunrise burns a little deeper, fuelling this bitter, crushing flame!
[Big, melodic, soaring clean vocals over heavy instrumentation]
You are the one that got away, the shadow I can’t outrun!
This metal cage around my ribs holds only heartache, cold as stone.
My heart is a cracked foundation, crumbling a little more each day,
And the air I breathe is heavy, fading to a lifeless grey!
If I had only played my cards right, held on tighter to the thread,
You wouldn't have slipped away, and left me for the dead!
[Rhythm slows slightly, focuses on the pain, more reliance on harsh/screaming vocals]
The mirror shows a stranger, worn and hollowed by the fight,
Dragging through the concrete hours, barely holding on to the light.
I try to build a future, but the mortar's turning to dust,
Because the architect of my salvation was the one I couldn't trust
My own damn self! I watched you walk, paralyzed by fear and doubt,
Now I stand here screaming your name until the very stars burn out!
[Tempo changes, more syncopated and complex, often harmonized clean/harsh vocals]
I rewind the film, the moment I let go,
That fraction of a second where the current started to flow.
Every mistake is magnified, etched into this broken scene,
And the weight of what I lost is the fuel for this machine!
I curse the coward that I was, the chances I let slide,
And now the consequence of silence has nowhere left to hide!
[Tempo drops, heavy chugging guitars, syncopated rhythm, low growls/screams]
UGH! SLIPPED AWAY!
[Heavy, distorted guitar riff with palm muting]
This ache is ROUGH! [Scream]
Every. Single. Day. [Scream]
I'm paying the price for the words that I failed to say!
YOU'RE GONE! [Snarled growl]
I CAN'T TAKE THE WEIGHT!
IT’S TOO LATE! [Final guttural scream]
[Return to the big, melodic, soaring clean vocals]
You are the one that got away, the shadow I can’t outrun!
This metal cage around my ribs holds only heartache, cold as stone.
My heart is a cracked foundation, crumbling a little more each day,
And the air I breathe is heavy, fading to a lifeless grey!
If I had only played my cards right, held on tighter to the thread,
You wouldn't have slipped away, and left me for the dead!
[Music fades out slowly with a final, mournful, distorted guitar riff]
...Slipped away... [Fade]
SilentHex
