Parallax

[Intro – piano strikes fragile notes, a low hum swells beneath. A tom hits once, echoing before silence. Rain faintly in the background.] [Chorus] I have lived inside the rhythm of your chest, I have bent beneath the weight you never confessed. If you pull me down, I will not look away, Even in the dark, I know where you stay. [Post-Chorus] Leave me open, Let your silence be my rest. [Instrumental – bass hums low, guitars shimmer briefly in delay, drums enter with steady half-time strikes.] [Verse 1] The floorboards creak with your memory, Nights still taste of rust and wine. I have knelt before the splinter, Let it pierce to make you mine. [Verse 2] There is dust along your doorway, There is salt along your skin. I have whispered in your absence, Begging just to breathe you in. [Pre-Chorus – falsetto, layered softly] If your hands should drag me under, I will swallow all the sea. [Chorus] I have lived inside the rhythm of your chest, I have bent beneath the weight you never confessed. If you pull me down, I will not look away, Even in the dark, I know where you stay. [Post-Chorus] Leave me open, Let your silence be my rest. [Instrumental – guitars swell, strings breathe once beneath, then cut away.] [Verse 3] There is fire in the marrow, There is glass beneath my tongue. Still I begged you for the burden, Still I carried what was flung. [Pre-Chorus – whispered, then breaking open] If your mouth should speak in ruin, I will drink the broken word. [Alt Chorus] I have lived inside the rhythm of your chest, I have known the quiet you could not confess. If you strip me bare, I will not turn aside, Even at the end, I am on your side. [Post-Chorus] Leave me open, Let your silence be my rest. [Bridge – piano and voice only, soft strings swell once. Drums strike slow, guitars bend faintly in the background.] If the earth begins to hollow, I will sink until I find. If the sky should break to cinder, I will burn and call it kind. [Solo / Instrumental Build-up – guitar bends with delay, a short synth melody answers, drums hit heavier once before the final chorus.] [Final Chorus 1] I have lived inside the rhythm of your chest, I have bent beneath the weight you never confessed. If you pull me down, I will not look away, Even in the dark, I know where you stay. [Post-Chorus] Leave me open, Let your silence be my rest. [Final Chorus 2] I have lived inside the rhythm of your chest, I have known the quiet you could not confess. If you strip me bare, I will not turn aside, Even at the end, I am on your side. [Post-Chorus – screamed, then whispered as instruments fade] Leave me open, Let your silence be my rest. [Outro – piano repeats the motif once more, then cuts to silence.]