[Verse 1 – darker, punchier, rhythmic] I stare at the clock but it never talks back, Every tick is a cut that reminds me of lack. Years drowned in bottles, my purpose corroded, She walked through the quiet left everything broken. [Verse 2 – more venom, more tension] The shadows remember the things I repress, Her voice hits my mind like a glitch in the stress. I gave her the fire, the truth, and my scars But I learned I was nothing but fuel for her dark. [Pre-Chorus – more rhythmic tension] I scream in the silence no answer, no sign, Just the same broken voice repeating [softly spoken] “why?” [Chorus – heavier, anthemic, nu-metal melody] Was it all just wasted-time!? Did I burn myself for a love that wasn’t mine? I held her hand like the world would shake, But she slipped through the cracks like a faultline break. Now I’m choking in rain with a hollowed heart Was I chasing forever or falling apart? Tell me… was it all just wasted-time?! [Verse 3 – cleaned up, darker imagery, more grounded] There’s a mask on the madness, a tear in the street, Her ghost in the alleys where my nightmares meet. She whispers my failures, my guilt, my despair But I reach through the dark and there’s no one there. [Bridge – cinematic but still nu-metal emotional] That night on the bow with the cold moon below… I swore we were endless how the hell could I know? A spark turned to embers, a story gone numb, A truth left unspoken, a love come undone. [Chorus – final, full weight, more aggression] Was it all just wasted-time?! Did I bleed too much for a love past its prime? I held her tight like she held my fate But the moment I needed her, she walked away. Now I’m lost in the storm she left behind, Searching for meaning she’ll never define… Tell me… was it all just wasted-time?! [Outro – stripped but colder, nu-metal melancholy] Is it all just wasted-time!! Or a life I mistook for mine… If love was real… Why does it feel… Like I’m the only one left… Behind?
