[intro - soft piano, distant reverb, light vinyl crackle] (whispers) oh, my love… i’ve been sleeping in silence with your ghost in my arms still smiling… …while i rot [builds - strings swell under slow drums] [Verse 1] you said “just one more day” like your absence didn’t already echo through every breath I fake you were gone before you left but i begged anyway (laughs bitterly) the thought makes me smile… [PRECHORUS - tension build with heartbeat bass] i’m tired of this tether you call it love— but it’s just a leash i need space so why am i still choking on your memory? [CHORUS - explode into post-hardcore, layered vocals, grit/scream optional] i’m still smiling while i rot still hoping for a heart you forgot you never said goodbye just left the door cracked i stayed in the cold pretending you’d come back [Verse 2 - stripped back, lo-fi guitar plucks, slight delay FX] oh, my love you have a heart of stone you carved me hollow with every monotone and i still said “i'm fine” like bleeding was normal …(pause) the thought makes me smile [CHORUS - repeat, more intense with layered harmonies] i’m still smiling while i rot still screaming into every empty thought you never said goodbye just left the door cracked i stayed in the cold pretending you’d come back [Bridge - vocals break down into whispers then build to scream] (whispers) stay till monday? you didn’t even stay through sunday (muttering) i begged a silence to hold me but you taught it to echo (SCREAM) YOU LEFT ME IN REVERSE [FINAL CHORUS - full orchestration, synth & strings, delayed cymbal crashes] i’m still smiling while i rot (overlay scream: "while i rot") still dancing with your phantom touch i needed a goodbye but you gave me a ghost (pause) the thought makes me smile… (pause) the thought makes me smile… (broken voice) …while i rot [OUTRO - fade out on reversed strings and static crackle]
