Post-Hardcore × Emotional Screamo Ballad Tempo: 142 BPM | Key: A minor [Intro] (Guitar feedback builds under whispered line) “Love… that grows… but…” (Band hits in) [Verse 1 – clean, tense] Love that grows but it never stays, Like smoke that drifts through darker days. I love you, yeah, I love you true, But… (pause) …I love you through and through. [Pre-Chorus – clean with edge] We keep building but the walls fall down, Keep reaching but we both drown. Love that grows but can’t take root, But… (pause) …I love you still — that’s the truth. [Chorus – screamed + sung blend] LOVE THAT GROWS BUT — FADES TO BLACK! BUT I LOVE YOU — CAN’T COME BACK! Every word feels like GOODBYE! But… I LOVE YOU — that’s the reason WHY! [Verse 2 – clean, layered harmonies] Love that grows in poisoned ground, We make no noise, we make no sound. But… (pause) …I love you through the hurt and scars, Like counting bullets, counting stars. [Bridge – spoken + scream overlap] (spoken low) Maybe love ain’t meant to last… (scream) MAYBE WE’RE JUST SHADOWS FROM THE PAST! LOVE THAT GROWS BUT TEARS APART! But… (long pause) …I LOVE YOU — WITH A BROKEN HEART! (Guitars feedback, drums half-time groove) [Final Chorus – full band, chaos build] LOVE THAT GROWS BUT — FADES TO BLACK! BUT I LOVE YOU — CAN’T COME BACK! Every word feels like GOODBYE! But… I LOVE YOU — that’s the reason WHY! [Outro – feedback + emotional echo] “But… …I love you…” (Guitar feedback + ambient delay fade)
