Worthless ft. Hollow Sermon [Blackline Audio]

///*****/// [Start] [Intro: sparse piano, low synth drone, clean arpeggiated guitar, distant sustained electric guitar] [Verse 1: intimate baritone, restrained and haunted, clean guitar and piano carrying the melody] Life drags me down, buries me in filth Leaves me endlessly hating myself A tattered spirit, left to fall apart The words I write, no longer fill up my heart [Pre-Chorus: melody rises, low toms enter, vocal becomes more fragile] Sometimes I pray I never wake Just to suffer through another day I don't want to leave this world But I can't keep living this way [Chorus: wide melodic alternative metal, heavy sustained guitars, soaring clean vocal, slow pounding drums] Worthless... The word worms its way inside my mind Worthless... Feels like this world's left me behind Worthless... I try to rise, but all I ever do is fall Worthless... Does my existence matter at all [Verse 2: return to sparse darkwave atmosphere, deeper vocal, subtle melodic guitar responses] All I ever got, were pretty little lies Shattered promises, erased by the hands of time All you ever wanted, was to be in control But you ripped out my heart, and blackened my soul [Instrumental: expressive melodic lead guitar over piano, sustained chords and slow drums] [Bridge: nearly a cappella, close vulnerable vocal, faint atmospheric drone only] Death feels like a friend, knocking at my door Guides me across the river, to suffer no more Nothing has the power, to change my current state I take a step over the edge [Silence] .....And I don’t hesitate..... [Pre-Chorus: soft piano returns, vocal exposed and grief-stricken] Don’t cry for me now… I’m no longer here… Where were these tears… When I was still here [Final Chorus: largest melodic release, full guitars, soaring lead, octave doubles and restrained harmonies] Worthless... Is all you ever were to me Worthless... Now I'm finally free Worthless... May your guilt forever hurt Worthless... You could've helped me...... ....find my worth... [Post-Chorus: instruments slowly fall away, layered vocal echoes remain] .......find my worth ......find my worth....... .......I was worthless... [Outro: piano, clean guitar harmonics and sustained ambient guitar fading unresolved] [End]