[MUSIC PROMPT: Very slow, sinister industrial rock. Low raspy male baritone, whispered verses, snarled choruses, theatrical delivery. Mechanical drums, filthy distorted guitars, droning bass, eerie synth noise, feedback, unsettling ambience. Minimal verses with huge crushing choruses. Dark, seductive, hostile, empty. 68 BPM. Begin sparse and claustrophobic; gradually become heavier and more chaotic. Final chorus massive, then abruptly collapse into silence.]
HOLLOW
[Intro — distant static, low drone]
I found a hole
behind my eyes.
It knows my name.
It never lies.
[Verse 1 — whispered]
White walls.
Black teeth.
Something underneath.
I wear my skin
like borrowed clothes.
Nobody asks.
Nobody knows.
[Pre-Chorus — building]
Knock, knock.
Nobody home.
Knock, knock.
Just bone.
[Chorus — heavy]
I AM HOLLOW.
Fill me with dirt.
I AM HOLLOW.
Teach me to hurt.
I swallowed heaven.
I swallowed hell.
Neither one
could fill the shell.
[Verse 2 — sparse]
The mirror moves
when I stand still.
The medicine smiles.
I take the pill.
God left fingerprints
inside my head.
I washed them off.
Now God’s dead.
[Pre-Chorus]
Knock, knock.
Nobody home.
Scratch the walls.
Find the bone.
[Chorus — heavier]
I AM HOLLOW.
Nothing within.
I AM HOLLOW.
Let something in.
Give me a heart.
Give me a lie.
Give me a reason
to wonder why.
[Breakdown — mechanical, whispered]
Empty is clean.
Empty is pure.
Empty doesn’t
need a cure.
[long pause]
I carved a door
into my chest.
Nothing came out.
Maybe that’s best.
[Bridge — distorted spoken vocal]
There was a man
inside of me.
I fed him everything.
Now—
he’s hungry.
[INSTRUMENTAL — grinding bass, industrial percussion, guitar feedback gradually rising]
[Final Chorus — huge, screamed]
I AM HOLLOW.
LOOK INSIDE.
I AM HOLLOW.
NOTHING TO HIDE.
No little devil.
No holy ghost.
Just an empty room…
and a gracious host.
HOLLOW.
HOLLOW.
hollow…
[Outro — instruments suddenly disappear]
Knock, knock.
[whisper]
Nobody home.