Kind of Horror

[Intro: Sparse clean guitar harmonics, distant reverb, slow pulse] [Tempo: Slow, floating] Come closer Not too close [Verse 1: Intimate, restrained] I learned to love the candle flicker More than the comfort of the sun Found my heroes in the shadows Where the damage had been done I read the words like open windows Every sentence breathing dread Beauty stitched into the morbid Every line smelled faintly of the dead [Chorus 1: Gentle swell, melancholic] This is where the dark feels honest Where the fear knows how to sing If you’re looking for the ending You should listen to the beginning [Section Break: Sudden tempo increase, drums snap in, bass drives] [Tempo: Mid, nervous] [Verse 2: Urgent, rhythmic delivery] Hear the clocks, hear the walls speak Hear the heartbeat in the floor Every story splits the mirror Every truth becomes a door Madmen talking like philosophers Lovers buried side by side Detectives chasing after logic While the reason slips inside [Chorus 2: Sharper, more insistent] This is not a ghost story This is not pretend It’s obsession dressed as poetry Again and again [Breakdown: Abrupt stop → distorted guitars explode] [Tempo: Fast, aggressive] [Berserk Section: Shouted / frantic] Cut it open Lock it in Count the seconds Count the sins Walls are closing Names are gone Every narrator thinks he’s wronged [Instrumental chaos: Distorted guitars, pounding toms, dissonance] [Final Chorus: Wide, anthemic, emotional release] This is love in decomposition This is beauty torn apart Every song a confession From a fractured gothic heart If you stay, you’ll hear them breathing All the stories yet to come This is more than just a warning This is where we’re coming from [Outro: Instruments fall away, return to intro texture] [Tempo: Slow, dissolving] So welcome to the silence Welcome to the sound Where the beautiful and broken Are forever bound