Bruise the Silence
[Instrumental impact - distorted guitar chord, deep tom hit] [Verse 1 - Sable Rose, low contralto, restrained, smoky grit] Thought you were different Men are all the same Told me you loved me Treated it like a game Broke your promise and... never stayed I looked into your eyes Saw hatred, disgust Was never there before Two years With the love an care Now that's gone ...(Now that's gone) My heart couldn’t bear [Pre-Chorus - gradually building, breath catching between lines] I learned the sound of your footsteps I learned the weight of your silence I learned to read your breathing Before you raised your voice [Drums enter, muted kick and floor tom] And every room became a warning That opening became a threat Kept searching for the man I loved But couldn’t find him yet [Chorus - full band, dark alternative metal, Sable belting with controlled rasp] You struck my face You bruise my skin But you don’t care For the pain that I'm in Did you loved me You made me afraid Turned a promise Into a nother blade I wore your words That chained around my throat Kept calling it love To keep my self afloat But I’m still breathing Still standing here These scars you left behind Is proof I made it through the fear [Post-Chorus - blues guitar lick, distorted bass] Still breathing Still here You don’t own me ...Not-anymore [Verse 2 - stripped back, low contralto, intimate and exhausted] Memorizing apologies You never meant to give Counted all the broken things Can't called them ways to live Becoming smaller So you could feel tall Learned how to disappear Before your shouting started at all [Half-whisper] Stopped looking in the mirror Because I knew what I'd see Asking about her reflection “When did you stop being free?” [Pre-Chorus - heavier, increasing grit] You made me question my memory Your promise, these scars Had me thinking I was worthless Had me wondering who you are [Drums intensify] Somewhere underneath the fear Something in me stayed alive A voice you couldn’t beat down My reason to survive [Chorus - heavier, Sable’s grit pushed forward] You struck my face You bruise my skin But you don’t care For the pain that I'm in Did you loved me You made me afraid Turned a promise Into a nother blade I wore your words That chained around my throat Kept calling it love To keep my self afloat I’m still breathing Still standing here These scars you left behind Is proof I made it through the fear [Bridge - music drops to distorted blues guitar and heartbeat-like kick] [Full silence] [Final line - stripped down, trembling but strong] You broke my heart… [Pause] But you'll never break me. Counted all the broken things I called them ways to live Becoming smaller So you could feel tall Learned how to disappear Before your shouting started at all [Half-whisper] Stopped looking in the mirror Because I knew what I would see Asking about her reflection “When did you stop being free?” [Pre-Chorus - heavier, increasing grit] You made me question my memory Your promise, these scars Had me thinking I was worthless Had me wondering who you are [Drums intensify] Somewhere underneath the fear Something in me stayed alive A voice you couldn’t beat down My reason to survive [Chorus - heavier, Sable’s grit pushed forward] You struck my face You bruise my skin But you don’t care For the pain I’m in A reason to survive [Chorus - heavier, Sable’s grit pushed forward] You struck my face You bruise my skin But you don’t care For the pain that I’m in
