[Intro – eerie clean guitar, slow build with haunting melody] (Whispered) "I was alone... and yet..." [Verse 1] The candle flickers, the air stands still, A weight upon my chest. A breath that isn't mine is near, A whisper I detest. The glass upon the table shakes, Though no hand lays it down. I tell myself it’s nothing more, But still, I turn around… [Pre-Chorus] [Building intensity, whispered at first, then stronger] I feel it watching in the dark, I hear it shift when I'm asleep. It walks the halls where shadows stretch, It drinks the air, it buries deep. [Chorus] [Powerful, haunting melody, evoking dread and inevitability] It waits for me inside my mind, It whispers secrets to the night. No doors, no walls can keep it out, No fire can drive away the blight. It is with me now. It will never leave. [Verse 2] The mirror shows an empty room, Yet something fills the space. It feeds upon the life I breathe, I feel its cold embrace. The marks I carve upon the door, Are wiped away each dawn. My thoughts unravel thread by thread, My will is nearly gone. [Pre-Chorus] I feel it watching in the dark, I hear it shift when I'm asleep. It walks the halls where shadows stretch, It drinks the air, it buries deep. [Chorus] [layered harmonies] It waits for me inside my mind, It whispers secrets to the night. No doors, no walls can keep it out, No fire can drive away the blight. It is with me now. It will never leave. [Breakdown] [Bridge] I set the fire, watched it burn, My home in flames, my final stand! Yet through the smoke, I heard it laugh— It does not fear the hand of man! The walls were never what it sought, No chains could ever hold it tight. Its home was never stone or steel... It lived within me all this time. [Solo – chaotic, wailing leads, a battle against madness] [Chorus – final, defeated, slower and more haunting] It waits for me inside my mind, It whispers secrets to the night. No doors, no walls can keep it out, No fire can drive away the blight. It is with me now. It will never leave. [Outro] "I was alone... and yet..." [Final notes fade into silence] [End]