[Industrial decay, Atmospheric Sludge, Body horror] [Tempo: 100 BPM, crushing half-time feel] [Sound: Down-tuned guitars, staggered drums, dark synth drone, oppressive atmosphere] [Vocals: Cold male vocal, low growls, desperate screams, whispered layers] [Structure: Concise, minimal instrumental sections, escalating intensity] [Intro] [Slow dark drone] [Low guitar feedback] [Dragging kick, staggered footsteps] [Short intro] Day one... The bite... [Verse 1] [Cold rhythmic vocal] [Sparse heavy drums] It started with a burning fever, A shiver that I couldn’t shake. Insidious inside my blood, A poison that I can’t escape. The numbness spreads into my hands, An invader crawling through my veins. I order both my legs to halt— A prisoner inside my chains. [Pre-Chorus] [Whispered vocal] [Instrumentation recedes] [rising tension] I feel the signal fading out, Between the body and the brain. And every thought is still my own, But nothing listens to my pain... [Chorus] [Crushing half-time drums] [Wall of distorted guitars] [Low sustained growls] I’m still here beneath my skin, Something’s crawling, getting in. Blackened veins and broken teeth, Hunger growing underneath. I watch my body stumble on, Driven by a will not mine. I’m still here... I’m still here... But I can’t scream, Rotting in a waking dream. [Instrumental] [4-bar staggered sludge riff] [No tempo change] [Verse 2] [Mechanical detached vocal] [Heavy bass pulse] A hunger hollows out my chest, A hunger that is never mine. My hands reach forward on their own, While I am falling far behind. And every doorway holds a threat, And every heartbeat pulls me near. I’m screaming from behind my eyes, Without a voice to speak my fear. [Chorus] [Heavier distortion] [Layered growl and scream] I’m still here beneath my skin, Something’s settled deep within. Blackened veins and broken teeth, Endless hunger underneath. I watch my body stumble on, Driven by a will not mine. I’m still here... I’m still here... But I can’t scream, Rotting in a waking dream. [Bridge] [Dark synth drone] [Clean eerie guitar] [Drums sparse] [Distant clean vocal] My eyes are turning cold and grey, The light is fading from the day. The faces blur to memories, I lose my place in history. The last remnants of my past, Eaten raw and fading fast. The little pieces of a life, Swallowed by an appetite. [Desperate whisper] [Music thinning] Don’t let me fade... Don’t let me go... If I forget my name... Will I even know? [Breakdown] [Crushing half-time riff] [Heavy sub-bass] [Staggered drums] [Guttural growl] Days pass in a filthy haze... I walk because the shadow walks... My body breaks beneath the weight... And still the horror never stops... No warmth beneath this rotting skin, No choice in where these footsteps go. Just something wearing who I was... And I’m the only one who knows. [Final Chorus] [Maximum intensity] [Dual layered growl and scream] [Previous melody returns distorted] I’m still here beneath my skin, Though I’m fading deep within. Clouded eyes and broken teeth, Endless hunger underneath. I watch my body stumble on, Driven by a will not mine. I’m still here... I’m still here... Though no one sees What’s left of me. I’m still here... I’m still— [instrumental drop] ...here? [Outro] [Same tempo] [Increasingly sparse drum hits] [Low feedback and dark drone] [Overlapping clean and distorted voices] I remember my name... (I can.) I remember my name... (I can’t.) I remember my— [Instruments decay] I... [Long drone] [Whisper] my... [Hard cut] [End]
