[Intro - Instrumental: broken bitcrushed music box, floorboards creak, distant night crickets, low sub rumble] [Verse 1 - Male: low venomous growl, close mic, dry] Garden in July, you were sleeping in the grass I leaned in close and gave the nightmare a name Said it soft every night till you believed at last Told you Lilith lived behind your pretty face [Verse 1 - Female: cold, possessed, flat, no lullaby] I woke up strange, with a voice that wasn't mine You held my hand and said, baby, let it out I burned the sage, I prayed, I lost all track of time You kissed my forehead and said, don't fight it now [Pre-Chorus - Male: all drums cut, heartbeat thump only, suitcases in the hall, porch light buzzing] You found the tapes, didn't you? The ones from the garden You stopped humming that tune I taught you Now your eyes are clear and it's killing me [Chorus - Male: DROP, downtuned chug slams, distorted sub, industrial kick, snarl] Stay, stay, stay with me in this haunted house I made the monster, then the monster made me fall Stay, stay, stay, let the world burn out Crazy called to crazy, and I answered it all Stay [Verse 2 - Male: half-scream, cracking] I meant to break you, just to watch you bend A little revenge dressed up as devotion Then you laughed with black teeth and said amen And I knew I was ruined, hopeless, open [Verse 2 - Female: venom, sneering, no breath] So you crowned me Lilith just to keep me small Built me a cage and called it a wedding Congratulations love, I learned it all Now watch your little queen stop pretending [Pre-Chorus 2 - Both: all drums mute, reversed piano swell, keys on the table, engine running cold] Look what we made, my dear We're still pretending Both still starving Crazy matched crazy, now who's healing? [Bridge - Female: beat stripped to heartbeat only, distant door creak, cold spoken] You wanted a ghost, so I gave you a god You wrote my lines, now watch me improv Say my real name, if you even know it You begged for fire, don't cry when I own it [Bridge - Male: broken whisper, then snarl] I didn't plan on this — soulmates in the city lights Joker found his Harley and I can't let go, I can't let go [Final Chorus - Male: full scream, sub bass distorted, chug heavy and slow, music box shattered] Stay, stay, stay with me in this haunted house I poisoned the well and then I drank it down Stay, stay, stay, the boys are still sleeping sound If you walk, take me too, don't leave me on the ground Stay [Outro - Male: all instruments drop, room tone only, venom whisper] If you go, take the madness with you. Leave me nothing. [Outro - Instrumental: front door opens, cold air, car pulls away slow, broken music box winds down to dead silence]
