[Studio Quality] [Intro] [Instrumental Flourishes] [INTRO – [Clean guitar shimmer] [Volume swell pads] [Distant feedback]] [VERSE A – [Muted guitar arpeggios] [Warm bass pulse] [Restrained drums]] [VERSE 1] I am... (She is...) A Melancholy of Constant Sorrow Beams its dark, day by day Beams its dark, day by day (Her darkness fills her day by day) I wake where the light gives up Where hope forgets my name Every breath is borrowed dust Every prayer sounds insane [PRE-CHORUS – [Rising guitar layers] [Tension build] [Cymbal wash]] [PRE-CHORUS] I don’t ask for mercy I don’t look for signs I learned to love the ache That rots away the spine The sky won’t open for me No sire calls my name I’ve been rehearsing endings Like a ritual, like a game [CHORUS – [Fuzz power chords] [Wide open drums] [Soaring lead guitar]] [HOOK / CHORUS] I am the melancholy (Of constant sorrow sworn) I don’t scream, I don’t beg I endure what’s born I am the melancholy of constant sorrow Infinite til tomorrow I don’t chase the light I let it die [VERSE B – [Palm-muted distortion] [Bass movement] [Tighter groove]] [VERSE 2] When I see the Pearly Gates I will greet it, as I greeted my grave I will greet it, as I greeted my grave (She will greet it like her grave) I don’t flinch at revelation Or the promise of release I’ve laid beside my future And found the peace [PRE-CHORUS – [Harmonic lift] [Delay trails] [Anticipation swell]] [PRE-CHORUS] Salvation feels cosmetic Heaven feels staged I’ve worn this grief too long To want a cleaner cage If judgment waits in white I’ll meet it all the same With Dice still in my hands And sorrow on my name [CHORUS – [Thicker guitar stack] [Crashing cymbals] [Expanded melody]] [HOOK / CHORUS] I am the melancholy [HOOK / CHORUS] I am the melancholy (Of constant sorrow sworn) I don’t scream, I don’t beg I endure what’s born I am the melancholy of constant sorrow Infinite til tomorrow I don’t chase the light I let it die [VERSE 3] If there's a Hell No Fury nor Harpy will follow For I am The Melancholy of Constant Sorrow. (She even depresses the devil himself) Even fire grows quiet When I cross its floor Demons learn reflection Angels shut their doors [Guitar Solo - Breakdown] [FINAL CHORUS – [Maximum distortion] [Full band surge] [Emotional peak]] [HOOK / CHORUS] I am the melancholy (ooh iohh ohh) The constant l tosorrow morswroorn (ooh ohh ohh) I don’t scream, I don’t beg (ooh ohh ohh) Iw 'm The [Fade] [EPurely nTorn. d]I endure what’s born I am the weight in silence The echo left behind I don’t chase the light I let it diieeeeeee I let it die I let it die~ [OUTRO – [Sustained chords] [Fading feedback] [Quiet resolve]] [OUTRO / BREAKDOWN] Every life That leaves my wake Will feel the sorrow, even if it meant nothing at all. I am the melancholy of constant sorrow Infinite til tomorrow I am the melancholy (Of constant sorrow sworn) Infinite til tomorrow I am the melancholy (Of constant sorrow sworn) Infinite til tomorrow I am the melancholy (Of constant sorrow sworn) Infinite til tomorrow I am the melancholy (Of constant sorrow sworn) Infinite til tomorrow I am the melancholy (Of constant sorrow sworn) Infinite til tomorrow [Fade] [End]
