[Intro] (A distorted guitar feedback screech, a mechanical industrial rhythm starts, sound of a glass bottle breaking) (Angry whisper) Don't look at me like that... Just like him. [Male] [Verse 1] Heavy boots walking down the basement stairs Raised in a house full of unanswered prayers The smell of cheap whiskey, the sound of a slam Shaping the broken monster that I am I learned how to hide, I learned how to bleed Sucking on the anger that my parents would feed [Verse 2] Now I look in the mirror and I see his face The same twisted anger, the same cold disgrace I put my fist through the drywall just to feel the rush Trying to make the screaming in my memory hush It’s a glitch in the bloodline, a curse in the veins We pass down the bruises, we pass down the chains [Pre-Chorus] (Guitars build up a wall of tension, fast syncopated drums) The fuse is getting short, the fire is bright I’m looking for a reason to start up a fight! I hate what I saw, now I do what I hate Trapped in the cycle of an inherited fate! [Chorus] (Massive Nu-Metal chorus, heavy riffs and screamed vocals) (It’s a bloodline glitch! A family disease!) Screaming at the ceiling on my bleeding knees! (I am my father’s son! I am my mother’s tears!) Trapped in the prison of my youngest years! Break the chain! (No!) It’s breaking me! The ghost of my family is all that I see! [Verse 3] My sister don't call me, my brother is gone We’re all just casualties of the same dark dawn I want to be gentle, I want to be kind But the venom of my childhood is poisoning my mind I'm repeating the cycles, I'm breaking the trust Turning every bridge that I build into dust [Verse 4] I see my own child looking up from the floor With the same scared eyes that I had before I dropped my hands, and I started to shake Realizing the damage that I’m about to make I need to stop the poison, I need to find a cure Before I destroy what is innocent and pure [Bridge] (The guitars cut out, leaving a mechanical, industrial pulsing bassline and electronic glitch sounds) Don't strike... (Stop!) Don't yell... (No!) I am building the walls of my personal hell! I don't want to hurt you, I don't want to rage Please let me out of this hereditary cage! (Screamed) I am not him! [Chorus] (Massive explosion of guitars and electronic drums) (It’s a bloodline glitch! A family disease!) Screaming at the ceiling on my bleeding knees! (I am my father’s son! I am my mother’s tears!) Trapped in the prison of my youngest years! Break the chain! (No!) It’s breaking me! The ghost of my family is all that I see! [Outro] (The guitars stop instantly, leaving a clean, echoing electric guitar chord) (Sound: Panting heavily, the sound of a fist opening) (Whispered) I am so sorry... I need help. I don't want to hurt you. (Absolute silence) [End]
