Waking Nightmare.1v.2 (ReWub.2)

WAKING NIGHTMARE (alt-trap / dreamwave / cinematic emo-pop / vinyl-glitch aesthetic) [INTRO — warped cassette / distant thunder / chopped vocal ambience] «(pitched vocal fragments / hard stereo delay)» stay… st—stay… go… go… gone… [vinyl jerk / bass swell] “Somewhere beyond the noise…” —noise… —noise… “peace was—” —was— waiting… --- [VERSE 1 — airy vocal / restrained 808 pulse] Streetlights bleed on the windowpane Cold room, still hear your name Coffee sitting by the edge all day Touch the cup like you might fade back in Late nights No sleep Heart skip when the floorboards creak Every room got a different ache Every dawn feel like a small mistake I keep hearing footsteps in the hall But nobody there… nobody there… there… there… «(glitched whispers)» hold… h-hold… on… --- [PRE-HOOK — rising tension / filtered drums] Clock shake loose from the corner wall Heavy echo through the empty hall Close my eyes just to feel you near But you disappear… pear… pear… When the light come in --- [HOOK — melodic trap anthem / layered harmonies] Waking nightmare… cold hands in the blue light glow Waking nightmare… every road lead nowhere now You were warmth underneath my skin Now the silence keep pouring in And I keep falling slow through the afterglow Searching for a place I used to know «(stuttered vocal chops)» know… know… home… home… slow… 808 pulse drops --- [VERSE 2 — more rhythmic / atmospheric rap phrasing] Moonlight hanging off the avenue Smoke clouds hiding what I’m running through Every face blur into digital rain Nobody say my soul the way you sang my name Too gone Too numb Still waiting for the feeling come back Mirror talking in fractured lines Like it know what live behind my eyes Distance growing every single night Between my chest and whatever still alive inside «(hard tape stop)» wake— wake— wake up --- [PRE-HOOK A’ — larger / emotional crack] Clock clang loud like a warning sign Static bloom in the back of my mind I squeeze my eyes shut tight enough to bruise Still wake up… without you… you… you… --- [HOOK A’ — fuller / soaring harmonies] Waking nightmare… every memory burn like neon rain Waking nightmare… trying just to feel your touch again Hear your voice in the ocean air Turn around but nobody there And the whole world spin while my chest cave in Like love forgot where I have been «(pitched falsetto loop)» stay… stay… near… near… --- [BRIDGE — stripped piano / distorted ambience] Everybody say the pain fade out… fade out… fade out… But they don’t hear the humming in the walls Or the way your shadow call There was something holy once Something warm beneath it all Now every crowded room feel colder Every sunrise weigh heavier on my shoulders Don’t want another temporary high Another face just passing by I just— I just— wanted you --- [FINAL HOOK — explosive / cinematic trap drums] Waking nightmare… falling through the cracks inside my mind Waking nightmare… trying to outrun what I left behind You were fire underneath my ribs Now I shake in the freezing wind And every dream turn violent when the morning comes Like the sun itself know what I’ve become Waking nightmare… nothingness wrapped in a human frame Waking nightmare… every prayer dissolve into rain Still searching dark for distant gold For the warmth my spirit used to hold «(glitching layered choir)» there… there… th-th-there… --- [OUTRO — tape hiss / drowned piano / ocean ambience] «(fragmented whispers fading)» if I could sleep forever… forever… ever… maybe the light… would remember my name… [vinyl stop]