Rafters

[Verse 1]
Rot in the hay bales
Dust on the rusted latch
Moon through the slatted walls
Paint peeled back like scabs
Rope swing
From a cracked old beam
It sways when there’s zero wind
Like it’s calling me in
[Chorus]
Rafters
Rafters
Still hear the awful laughter
Colder than the winter air
A sight I just can’t bear
It’s here and nowhere
It’s here and nowhere
Rafters
Rafters
Still hear the awful laughter
[Verse 2]
Boot prints in the dirt floor
Only mine
But I feel more
Something breathing in the loft
Every step
The boards cough
[low vocal register] “Turn back”
Rings inside my skull
But I’ve come this far
And the dark feels full
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[guttural] I see the shadow kick
But the body never drops
I hear the neck bones snap
Then the film just stops
Hay dust dances
In a shape that stares
I scream
But it steals
Every ounce of air
[Chorus]

metal, Early-2000s metalcore: drop‑tuned chugs, pinch harmonics, and machine-gun double kick. Verses tight and tense with palm-muted guitars, low male vocals bordering on a growl. Chorus opens into big, shouted gang vocals with a dissonant lead line. Bridge dives into a half-time breakdown with disembodied childlike laughs sampled low in the mix, then a final chorus hit and abrupt cut to reverb tail.