[Intro] [Dissonant feedback, slow heavy kick drum, one-note bass drone] [Verse 1] You’re a silhouette in the doorframe, wearing the man’s skin. I see the boy’s eyes behind the film, but I can't reach the light. When the chemical hits, the hinges scream. That’s not my blood in your veins—it’s a stranger’s kerosene. [Guitar: Single-note jagged pluck, heavy vibrato] [Chorus] So this is the Severance. No contact, no tether. I love you enough to let you drown alone. I won’t be the floorboards you burn to stay warm. If you find the surface, you know the coordinates. Until then, I’m a ghost in your distance. [Verse 2] Fifteen hundred miles of highway just to sit in your static. I watched you trade my name for a fix on a linoleum floor. You didn't just take the cash; you took the oxygen. I almost erased my own map for a man who’s already a memory. [Guitar: Palm-muted "chugging," accelerating tempo] [Verse 3] [Maximum Distortion - Sludge Riff] The transformation is complete. The mimicry is perfect. You’ve got his sneer. You’ve got his wreckage. The Old Man is breathing through your lungs now, And he’s comfortable in the ruins. I’m done feeding the haunt. [Bridge] [Sudden silence - Acoustic guitar only, thin and brittle] I didn't abandon the boy. The boy was the first thing you killed. I’m just burying the man. [Guitar Solo] [Chaotic, wah-pedal screaming, intentional "ugly" notes, escalating feedback] [Final Chorus] [Wall of Sound - Double-tracked guitars, crashing cymbals] This is the eulogy while you're still walking. I release the man to the ghost he invited in. If you ever choose the boy, you know where the lighthouse is. Until then, stay in the dark. [Outro] [Guitar feedback morphs into a low electronic hum, sudden cut to black] [End]
