[Intro – Lowly spoken] It starts quiet A voice I thought was mine Whispering comfort Carving chains into my spine [Verse 1 – Clean] I built my life on hollow ground -Twenty-two- years inside this sound Every friend, every face, every love I’ve known Now it echoes here, and I’m alone [Pre-Chorus – Clean → Scream] If I leave, I erase myself If I stay, I rot in hell [Chorus – Soaring Cleans] Beneath the shadow vein I breathe It owns the air, it carries me I try to fight, but I can’t escape It pulls me under, it knows my name [Verse 2 – Clean] No food, no water, no exercise Forgot the mirror, forgot my eyes Family watching, powerless still This war is mine, and it always will [Pre-Chorus – Clean] The walls collapse, the chains hold tight I drown in silence every night [Chorus – Soaring Cleans] Beneath the shadow vein I breathe It owns the air, it carries me I try to fight, but I can’t escape It pulls me under, it knows my name [Breakdown – Screamed + Djent syncopation] Starve the flesh Feed the flame Every thought Ends the same You can’t save me You can’t take it away [Bridge – Softly sung] I am the architect of my decay This addiction breathes where I lay [Solo – Instrumental Build] [Final Chorus – Layered + Soaring Cleans + Harsh Screams] Beneath the shadow vein I breathe It owns the air, it carries me No hand to hold, no light remains Only silence, beneath the vein [Outro – Spoken + fading] It starts quiet And it always ends the same
