[Intro] [distorted electric guitar riff, palm-muted eighth notes] [drums enter with a sharp snare fill] Dream. Wake. Dream. Break. [Verse 1] [bass and drums lock into a driving beat] Life is but a dream. Isn’t that what they told us? Nothing’s what it seems. Isn’t that what they sold us? I sleep, but never leave. I wake where the cold was. Life is but a dream. Isn’t that what they told us? [Pre-Chorus] [guitars open slightly, rising tension] Close my eyes— still awake. Call it life— call it fate. If I wake, does it end? If I dream, start again. [Chorus] [guitars transition to sustained power chords] [cymbals crash] Life is but a dream. Isn’t that what they told us? My tears might never leave. Isn’t that what they told us? Dream until I bleed. Bleed until I’m hopeless. Life is but a dream. Isn’t that what they told us? Isn’t that what they told us? [Verse 2] [driving riff returns, heavier bass] Days dissolve in me. Every night repeats us. Memories underneath move like ghosts between us. I run but never leave. Every road still knows us. Life is but a dream. Isn’t that what they told us? [Pre-Chorus] [drums intensify, guitar harmonics rising] Close my eyes— still awake. Call it love— call it fake. If I wake, you are gone. If I dream, you live on. [Chorus] [full guitars, layered backing vocals] Life is but a dream. Isn’t that what they told us? My tears might never leave. Isn’t that what they told us? Dream until I bleed. Bleed until I’m hopeless. Life is but a dream. Isn’t that what they told us? Isn’t that what they told us? [Bridge] [guitars drop to low-gain crunch] [clean melodic guitar lead enters] Dream— I disappear. Leave— you’re still here. Sleep— wake again. Dream— where does it end? [Instrumental] [heavy metal-punk guitar break] [fast palm-muted downstrokes] [double-time drums] [aggressive bass following root notes] [distorted guitar harmonies enter] [short ascending lead guitar run] [brief feedback squeal] [half-time breakdown riff] [low open-string chugs] [drums build with tom fills] [final dissonant power chord rings out] [Breakdown] [half-time drums, low guitar pulse] They said, “Life is a dream.” They said, “Nothing is real.” Then why does losing you feel like the only thing I feel? [Final Chorus] [full intensity, layered vocals, octave guitars] Life is but a dream. Isn’t that what they told us? My tears will never leave. Now I know what they sold us. Dream until I bleed. Bleed until the dream does. Wake me if you can— if there’s anything above us. Life is but a dream. Isn’t that what they told us? Life is but a dream. Isn’t that what they told us? Isn’t that what they told us? [Outro] [instruments gradually drop away] [clean guitar repeats bridge melody] Dream. Leave. Dream. Wake. Dream.
