[Intro] [Massive, crushing wall of distorted doomgaze guitars explodes instantly] [Slow, thunderous drum downbeats pound with vast reverb] [Deep, resonant bass guitar shakes the foundation] [A haunting, ethereal synthesizer melody drifts over the heavy wall of sound] [Verse 1] I was abusive, but not with a fist No marks on the skin that the doctors could list I kept the blood cool, I refused to ignite But I twisted the strings in the dark of the night Playing the shadow, controlling the room Weaving the webs of a slow-burning doom Spitting the ultimatums out on the floor: "If you loved me you'd do this, if you loved me you'd want more." Total deception, total decay Twisting the words just to get my own way. [Verse 2] [The heavy guitars drop out, leaving a dark, echoing bassline] [Drums keep a slow, marching beat with open, ringing hi-hats] But the mirror was cracked and the game was a pair You matched every card that I laid on the chair Trading the poison, returning the blow "If you don't leave this state, then you don't love me, no." So I sat in the static while everything broke In the thin mountain air, choking on smoke I didn't seek shelter, I didn't seek work Just let the debt and the paralysis lurk. [Chorus] [The massive walls of post-metal guitar return with maximum cinematic weight] [Vocals scream-sing with desperate, echoing atmosphere] And I ran when I shouldn't have run from the fight! Surrendered the compass and walked into night! Young and so dumb in a world made of stone Thinking I loved what I wanted to own! [Verse 3] [The rhythm shifts into a steadier, plodding, heavy doom groove] Lost the job in the hills, had to pack up the car Moved back to the parents, a sky with no star She pointed the finger at Oklahoma plains I gave up the wheel and accepted the chains I should have stayed there, stood on my feet Found me a path on a Colorado street But I was a captive to games that we played Blinded by shadows that we both had made. [Bridge] [The music strips back completely to a vast, cold ambient synth pad] [Vocals are a hollow, clean, echoing whisper] In Oklahoma, the grass started growing so slow Building a life out of dirt that we didn't quite know But somewhere along the highway, the light started fading out clear Somewhere along the county line, the coldness was all I could hear The embers went gray, the fire went dead in the spring Nothing was left but the weight of a heavy steel ring Tied down to a ghost... Bound tight to a frame... Realizing too late that it wasn't a game. [Guitar Solo] [An epic, weeping, slow-tempo post-metal guitar solo] [Heavy distortion mixed with vast delay and reverb, soaring over thunderous drums] [Chorus] [Full band hits with crushing intensity, the heaviest part of the song] And I ran when I shouldn't have run from the fight! Surrendered the compass and walked into night! Young and so dumb in a world made of stone Thinking I loved what I wanted to own! [Outro] [The drums slow down even further, hitting like a heavy pulse] [The massive guitars slowly fade into a sea of static and feedback] [Vocals drift away into the atmospheric wash] It became so cold... Tied down by a ring... Just a cold, heavy thing... [The final guitar chord rings out for a long time, dissolving into pure ambient drone] [The drone slowly fades into complete silence] [End]
