[start] [Intro: Fingerpicked acoustic guitar, faint amp hum, minimal room reverb. Bass enters softly, melodic and deliberate. Light cymbal whispers and atmospheric feedback rise.] [Instrumental only] [Verse 1] Stumbling alleys, neon gone, Whiskey washing guilt at dawn. Strangers pass, they don’t know my name, Just another man drowning in shame. [Instrumental texture: Bass begins weaving melodic counterlines beneath acoustic guitar. Distant slide guitar hum adds ghostly resonance.] [Verse 2] Crack smoke makes his ghost disappear, But it returns when the high clears. Retching in the gutter’s dying light, A billionaire facing his final night. [Instrumental transition: Slow toms enter, heartbeat rhythm. Low electric feedback begins swelling.] [Chorus] King of nothing, ash and bone, Shattered glass, empire overthrown. Sold the world apocalypse so bright, But I’m the one who’s dying tonight. [Instrumental: Gritty, distorted guitar joins—slow-burning fuzz rising beneath the vocal. Bass drives high melodic line; drums deepen to full groove.] [Bridge] Every sermon, every sign, Every miracle, every line — Built on wreckage of the boy I was, My son paid the price for what I’ve done. [Instrumental buildup: Cymbal swells, layers of feedback and tremolo shimmer. Emotional peak—distortion saturates, then cuts abruptly.] [Outro: Acoustic guitar returns alone, sparse bass notes echoing in space.] Collapsed beneath the concrete cold, Rain strips away the gold. Beneath it all there’s nothing there, Just a child with blood-stained prayers. Waiting for a God I tore apart, Begging mercy from a broken heart. [Outro texture: Reverb decays into silence. Last bass harmonic rings out.] [Instrumental only – fade] [end]
