[Introl (Guitar Dmadd9 chord decays, single cracked piano note, Vessel whisper dry and close-mic'd) I wore my skin like a crime... an apology already spent. [Verse 1] (Guitar arpeggios like rain) I carved my name into your silence / A monument to all your hurt You carved your hate into my face / And called it the clean, necessary dirt I was the apology you never accepted, the one you burned at the stake of your pride The mirror you smashed to avoid my reflection, where all my sins reside. [Pre-Chorus| (Piano notes dripping like blood, voice is a brittle plea They resent the air I dare to breathe / For being exactly what I am A failed god in a cheap disguise / A hollowed out, unholy lamb. [Chorus] (FULL ACOUSTIC HEART-TEAR, cracking high falsetto, guitar tremolo and clashing piano 9ths) LET THEM HATE ME FOR THE TRUTH I CAN'T UNLIVE REGRET IS THE CROWN I FORGED FROM EVERY 'I'M SORRY' I'M THE GHOST OF WHO I WAS-STILL HAUNTING MY OWN SKIN RESENT ME, DESPISE ME-AT LEAST I'M STILL HERE [Verse 2] (Guitar harmonics like distant elIs, Layered ethereal harmonies I apologized for existing / They weaponized my apology I'm the wound they keep reopening, just to watch me bleed authenticity A living, breathing testament / To all the things they wish I wouldn't be. [Bridgel (Solo felt piano, left hand octaves, Vessel's voice is layered, desperate, fading cr If being myself is t. * n / Then damn me to this echo... [Bridge] (Solo felt piano, left hand octaves, Vessel's voice is layered, desperate, fading cry) If being myself is the sin / Then damn me to this echo... Resent me for breathing, for being / I'11 regret it in 6/8 time ethereal and vicious [Chorus] (Guitar and piano in fragile unison, voice breaks on the last line, harsh whisper underneath) LET THEM HATE ME-LET THE REGRET CHOKE ME BLUE I'LL WEAR THEIR SCORN LIKE A WEDDING VEIL OF RUST I AM THE MISTAKE THEY CAN'T ERASE AND I'M STILL FUCKING HERE [Outrol (Single guitar note fades, cracked piano key rings alone for long decay, final raw breath) •..resent me... I dare you.
