(Verse 1) (Tempo: Slow, heavy bass, a trip-hop beat with a metallic click every four bars) The clock is ticking, but the hands don't move Just a rhythmic scratching in a shallow groove You’re staring at the ceiling, tracing every crack While I’m leaning on the doorframe, eyes fixed on your back You’ve forgotten what a Sunday feels like, or the taste of air Just the salt on your skin and the weight of my stare. (Pre-Chorus) (Beat picks up, adding a distorted synth line) I can see the tremor, the frantic little dance The way your breath is stuttering, begging for a chance You’re a wire stretched tight, a string about to snap And you’re shivering in the shadow of my velvet trap. (Chorus) (Heavy, industrial sound. Aggressive and slow) Right to the shoreline, then I pull you back out I want to hear the silence, then I want to hear the shout I’ll keep you in the flicker, in the gray, in the haze A permanent hunger for the rest of your days Don't you dare cross the finish, don't you dare break the seal Until I decide exactly how much you should feel. Hold it. Stay there. (Verse 2) (Music drops to just a bassline and a snap) Look at you—a masterpiece of desperation and grit A little spark of hope, and I’m blowing out the lit You think you know the summit? You don't even know the hill Your body isn't yours anymore; it's a vessel for my will. I like the way you panic when I move my hand away The sudden, freezing silence of a debt you can't pay. (Bridge) (Tempo slows down significantly. Vocals become a whispery, cruel drawl) Almost there... Can you feel it? That humming in your veins? The kind of heat that only comes from wearing heavy chains. One more inch and you’ll shatter, one more touch and you’re gone But we’re going to stay in this heartbeat... From the midnight... Until the dawn. (Laughter—short, sharp, and cold) (Guitar Solo: Gritty, distorted, screaming notes that suddenly cut to silence) (Outro) (Slow, hypnotic beat) Close your eyes. Forget the release. Forget the peace. Just the ache. Just the wait. (Sound of a door locking) Now... we start again. (Fade out with the sound of a ticking clock)
