[Intro] [soft piano warm-up, pencil scratching on paper, spoken] The strings… no, no, no… The strings… yeah… right there.[Verse 1] [gentle piano solo] Yeah, if I’m bitter, it ain’t your fault But this ain’t some song I’ve been hiding in a vault Still it tears at my heartstrings With every breath that I sing Bitter betrayal always leaves stings Where did I go wrong when I swore I was strong? When did my resolve start to crack all along? How the hell has it been this long? Where did my path stray… where did I go? This is my… Jackal song [Chorus] [piano builds, more emotion] And the blue sky falls like pouring rain Stars are calling out, screaming my name Where did I stumble? Where did I fall? Why do I hurt the ones who love me most of all? Why don’t I belong… This is my silent… Jackal song[Verse 2] [piano stays intimate but slightly darker, maybe minor chords] Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned As I go farther, I feel the blue sinking in Drowning in silence, claws out in the dark Tearing at the pieces of my fractured heart I push away the ones who try to pull me close Turn love into ashes, turn warmth into ghosts Running in circles, chasing my own tail Howling at nothing, screaming and I fail This is my… Jackal song [Chorus] [fuller, more desperate this time] And the blue sky falls like pouring rain Stars are calling out, screaming my name Where did I stumble? Where did I fall? Why do I hurt the ones who love me most of all? Why don’t I belong… This is my silent… Jackal song [Bridge] [piano slows or strips back, almost spoken/sung quietly] Maybe I was never meant to run with the pack Just a lone shadow leaving prints in the black No redemption in these jaws, no peace in these eyes Just the quiet truth behind all the lies… I’m still singing… [Final Chorus / Outro] [piano swells then slowly fades] And the blue sky falls like pouring rain Stars keep calling, but I forgot my name I stumble, I fall, I hurt and I bleed This lonely jackal… still won’t be freed Why don’t I belong… This is my silent… Jackal song [last line softer, almost whispered] My silent… Jackal song
