(Intro) [Instrumental: Clean electric guitar with delay plays a fragile, repeating motif. A low piano note tolls like a distant bell. Drums not yet in.] (Verse 1) [Vocal: Soft, trembling, close] I’m standing in your doorway, hands are cold and bare, I see the edge approaching, hanging in the air. You smile at me and say, “It’s gonna be alright,” But I can see the shadow crawling through the light. I bring you facts and warnings, printed black on white, You brush them off like dust, push them out of sight. “Stop with your obsession, you’re making yourself sick,” While you’re the one who’s walking to the guillotine so quick. (Pre-Chorus) [Vocal: More grit, tension rising] The clock is ticking, every second falls like lead, I’m not digging you a grave with all the words I said. I’m trying to pull you back from where the cliff begins, But you keep running towards it with a gentle grin. (Chorus) [Vocal: Explosive, anguished, half-screamed over full band] Why won’t you hear me scream?! I’m breaking against invisible glass! I see the fire, you just see the gas! Cassandra’s curse is tearing up my throat, I save no one, I can’t rewrite your note! You walk into the dark, I’m forced to stand and watch, As your whole world collapses with a single notch! (Verse 2) [Vocal: Softer again, but faster and more desperate] It feels so pointless, shouting at the deaf, The needle’s in, the contract signed, the theft. (Or: The papers signed, your future sealed in red,) You trust the glowing screen above my head. I love you more than any breath I’ll ever take, But love won’t beat the lies that keep you half-awake. You cling to comfort, to the stories on the news, While every step you take is tightening the noose. (Pre-Chorus) [Vocal: Rising, voice shaking] Rationality is branded as disease, Blind faith is now the drug that keeps you pleased. I reach my hand out, grabbing into air, As if I’m begging ghosts that are not there. (Chorus) [Vocal: Full force, screaming edges, drums and guitars huge] Why won’t you hear me scream?! I’m breaking against invisible glass! I see the fire, you just see the gas! Cassandra’s curse is tearing up my throat, I save no one, I can’t rewrite your note! You walk into the dark, I’m forced to stand and watch, As your whole world collapses with a single notch! (Bridge) [Instrumental: Heavy breakdown – slow, crushing riff. Drums half-time, bass shaking. Vocals mostly spoken at first.] [Vocal: Low, shaking, then building to a roar] I did everything I could. Every word, every tear. But you can’t wake someone up… who’s pretending to sleep. It hurts so much. It fucking hurts. [Vocal explodes into a scream over the breakdown] I CAN’T SAVE YOU! (Guitar Solo) [Instrumental: A high, screaming guitar solo, full of dissonant bends and emotion, riding over the heavy breakdown.] (Chorus – Final) [Vocal: Maximum emotional intensity, some lines almost shouted, band at full power] Cassandra’s curse! I save no one! You go! You go! And I stay here! With the knowledge! With the pain! (Outro) [Instrumental: Sudden drop back to the clean delay guitar motif from the intro, very slow. Piano plays a few isolated notes.] [Vocal: Whisper, broken] Forgive me… for not being louder.
