[Female Whisper – Distant Clock] Goth Boy Vampire... [Intro – Dark Piano, Low Male Spoken] Devil Death... Brother, you did your homework. You went looking behind the fangs... And found the man I never tried to hide. Yeah, I'm a pastor's son. But that doesn't mean the light controls my life. There's a reason I walk between two worlds. You got your demons. I got my darkness. And brother... I think we understand each other. CLOCKED OUT INK ENTERTAINMENT! [808 Drop – Cinematic Gothic Trap] [Verse 1 – Fast, Aggressive Rap] Devil Death, I gotta give respect where it's due, You dug beneath the surface and uncovered what's true! Didn't judge the black clothes or the blood-red eyes, You looked behind the character and recognized the guy! You heard the pain buried deep inside the tracks, Found the human being underneath the black! Most see a vampire, think they know what I became, You searched beyond the darkness, found the man behind the name! Yeah, my father's a pastor, that's a fact of my life, But I don't let the light decide my day or night! I ain't living in a sermon, ain't preaching from a stage, I'm a human with emotions and a vampire on the page! I don't worship my darkness, I just give it a voice, The Goth Boy Vampire is the identity I chose! One side keeps me human when the world gets cold, The other tells the stories that my silence never told! [Pre-Chorus – Beat Slows, Emotional Strings] You found the truth that others never tried to see, There's still a living human underneath this fantasy. And I ain't gonna lie, brother, sometimes I'm afraid, But fear doesn't mean that everything we've built will fade. [Chorus – Explosive Melodic Rap, Heavy 808] I USE THE LIGHT TO KEEP MY HUMAN HEART ALIVE! I USE THE DARK TO LET THE VAMPIRE RISE! One keeps me grounded, one gives my pain a name, Two different sides, but the soul remains the same! YOU SAW THE MAN BEHIND THE FANGS! HEARD THE TRUTH BEHIND THE NAME! Different stories, different scars, But we both know what it's like to be afraid! [Verse 2 – Slower, Vulnerable Rap] Let me tell you something that I don't always say, There are nights when even vampires wish the fear would go away. I can put on a brave face, stand tall against the rain, But the black inside my wardrobe doesn't cover all the pain. I've been angry, I've been lost, had to learn to make things right, I've hurt people with my words when I couldn't win the fight. Had to face my own reflection, couldn't blame another soul, Took some years to understand that growing means accepting flaws. I found some light again, but it ain't my whole identity, It helps me be a human, gives my heart some clarity. My darkness is the canvas where my imagination lives, I can write about the nightmares without becoming what they did. And Devil Death, I hear that fear beneath your sound, Different kinds of heavy when the midnight comes around. I won't pretend I lived the things that you've been through, But I recognize the feeling when I hear it coming through. [Beat Cuts – Silence] [Low Male Spoken] Brother... Being scared doesn't make either one of us weak. Sometimes the people who sound the darkest... Are just trying to make sense of what they've seen. [Verse 3 – Rapid-Fire Rap, Rising Guitars] Your Impala and my hearse, two roads beneath the moon, Two different lives that found a connection through a tune! Devil's Underground Inc, Clocked Out Ink on the rise, Not competing for a throne, just respecting different lives! You gave my history the time it deserved, Didn't twist the meaning, didn't change a single word. You listened for the message underneath the gothic sound, And recognized the human that the vampire's built around! That's the kind of respect that I ain't taking lightly, Two men telling stories while the world keeps trying to define me! You got your road, I got mine, ain't no need to be the same, We can understand each other without sharing all the pain! [Final Chorus – Massive Cinematic Drop] I USE THE LIGHT TO KEEP MY HUMAN HEART ALIVE! I USE THE DARK TO LET THE VAMPIRE RISE! One keeps me grounded, one gives my pain a name, Two different sides, but the soul remains the same! YOU SAW THE MAN BEHIND THE FANGS! HEARD THE TRUTH BEHIND THE NAME! Different stories, different scars, But we both know what it's like to be afraid! [Outro – Piano, Low Male Spoken] Devil Death... You didn't have to dig that deep. But you did. And you got the story right. I'm a pastor's son. I'm also the Goth Boy Vampire. The light helps me live as a human. The darkness lets me create who I choose to be. Neither side erases the other. We don't have to share the same past To understand a familiar fear. Much love and respect, brother. From the Goth Boy Vampire... To Devil Death. Two different stories. One understanding. CLØCKED ØUT INK ENTERTAINMENT. FOREVER CLOCKED IN. [Clock Ticks Three Times – Fade]
