(Tempo: Mid-tempo, heavy stomp. Bass guitar is distorted and driving the melody. The verses are sung by a gritty male vocal, the chorus is a soaring, powerhouse female vocal.) **(Intro)** (Heavy, fuzzed-out bass riff. Drummer hits a slow, crashing beat. Feedback screams for three seconds before the vocal kicks in.) **(Verse 1)** (Male Vocal - spoken/sung with a sneer) I’ve got a blueprint for a man made of porcelain and pride A polished set of manners with a vacuum inside I can mimic every gesture, I can memorize the part But there’s a rattling in the ribcage where I used to have a heart Now it’s just an echo chamber, a cathedral made of tin And I’m knocking on the door but I can’t let the daylight in. **(Chorus)** (Female Vocal - High energy, belting, hard rock anthemic style) Siphon the marrow! Drain the gold from the vein! We’re just hollow hearts dancing in a hurricane of rain! Break the seal, let the emptiness spill If the void doesn’t take us, the silence sure will! Yeah, we’re hollow! Hollow hearts! **(Verse 2)** (Male Vocal - more aggressive, driving bass line) Check the pulse on the wrist, yeah, it’s a flatline rhythm now We sold the inner fire just to make a formal bow I’m a gallery of shadows, I’m a museum of the void A perfectly crafted machine that the maker just destroyed You can carve your name in the limestone, you can scratch it in the rust But the center of this empire is nothing more than dust. **(Chorus)** (Female Vocal - Powerhouse vocals, crashing cymbals) Siphon the marrow! Drain the gold from the vein! We’re just hollow hearts dancing in a hurricane of rain! Break the seal, let the emptiness spill If the void doesn’t take us, the silence sure will! Yeah, we’re hollow! Hollow hearts! **(Bridge)** (Instrumental break: Bass solo with heavy distortion. The drums build up into a frantic roll.) (Male Vocal - half-whispered) Fill it up with liquor. (Female Vocal - echoing) Fill it up with lies. (Male Vocal) Fill it up with vanity. (Female Vocal - screaming) UNTIL THE SPIRIT DIES! **(Chorus)** (Both Vocals - Harmony on the first line, then Female lead takes over) Siphon the marrow! Drain the gold from the vein! We’re just hollow hearts dancing in a hurricane of rain! Break the seal, let the emptiness spill If the void doesn’t take us, the silence sure will! Yeah, we’re hollow! Hollow hearts! **(Outro)** (Bass slows down to a heavy, sludge-like crawl) (Female Vocal - lingering, gritty) Just a shell... Just a hole... Hollow hearts. (Final massive crash of drums and a long, fading bass note)
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