Don't Use Me, I'm Broken

Title: Faded Glory – Don’t Use Me, I’m Broken [Style / Genre Prompt] [intro: palm-muted detuned guitars, rhythmic and percussive] [instruction: guitar riff should feel like a WARNING, short and punchy] [DUN — DUN Dun Dun DUN DUN DUN] [drums enter with tom hits matching riff] [Intro Vocals] [harmony unison, blunt] Oh [lower harmony answers] Oh… [Verse 1] [dual vocal, clipped delivery] Yeah I’m here Broken [both voices, sharp] Don’t use me [guitars punch between lines] [vocal moan, harmonized, short phrases] Mmmm Oooo Mmmm [Verse 2] [harmony-heavy, almost chant-like] Yeah It’s tempting To use me While I’m down [Both drag last word] Down… [instrumental break: riff repeats, tighter, louder] [instruction: guitars feel like they’re circling prey] [Verse 3] [lead restrained, harmony dominant] I’m so damn alone [harmony answers immediately] (So damn alone) [Both, aggressive stop-start] But I’m not that dumb [Lead] To let you use me [Both, sustained] Nooo… No… [BUILDUP: drums double the riff, guitars widen] [Chorus] [MAXIMUM HARMONY – percussive phrasing] DON’T USE ME (I’M BROKEN) DON’T USE ME (NOT YOURS) DON’T USE ME (STILL HERE) DON’T USE ME [guitar solo: short, stabbing bends, ends abruptly] [instruction: solo should feel violent, not flashy] [outro: riff returns slower and heavier] [DUN — DUN Dun Dun DUN DUN DUN] [instruction: end hard, no fade, last chord choked]