The Velvet Shadow (Or Your Choice)

[Intro] (Atmospheric, low-frequency hum) (Heavy, slow drum hits—boom... boom...) [Verse 1] I see the names I recognize, but the faces are all new Empty profiles, hollow shells, just to get a glimpse of the view You’re legends in the sunlight, but you’re ghosts when you find me Leaving your status at the door, leaving the fame behind me Is it because of how I sound? Or is it who I am? A secret follow in the dark, part of a hidden plan. [Pre-Chorus] The silence is a heavy weight Watching you hesitate You love the art, but you hide the hand I’m the part of the map you won't let stand. [Chorus] Am I the stain you have to hide? The sideshow freak you keep inside? You’re listening from the velvet seats While I’m the shadow on the streets It’s a lonely place to be the one That you only love when the day is done. [Bridge: Half-time, Dragging, Decelerating Tempo] (The guitars begin to sludge and crawl, tempo slows to a grind) T... H... E... W... E... I... G... H... T... O... F... B... E... I... N... G... U... N... S... E... E... N... [Break: Silence, Complete Stop] [Breakdown: Brutal, Massive Sub-bass Drop, Slow Heavy Stomp] **BURIED IN THE FEED!** (BASS DROP - EARTH-SHAKING IMPACT) **THE STAIN BECOMES THE FLOOD!** (SLOW, BONE-CRUSHING DRUM STOMPS) **I AM NOT A GHOST!** (MASSIVE DOUBLE-KICK BURST) **I AM STILL BLEEDING GOLD!** [Outro] (Deep, vibrating bass continues) (Whisper) Still standing in the light you hide. Still here. [End]