[Intro – isolated bass picking, clean and metallic] Four strings in an empty room Every note still sounds like you Fingers bleed, the rhythm starts Some things fade Some get etched in the heart [Verse 1] At fourteen, everything I touched Came apart beneath my hands Plastic curled and metal screamed I learned to ruin all my plans So I changed schools, changed my clothes Let my oldest friendships rust Found a door beneath the city Found some thieves who called it trust [Pre-Chorus] I kept my head down Kept my mouth shut Kept a bottle close When the pressure built up But every secret leaves a mark And every mark glows in the dark [Chorus] You are etched in my heart Cut too deep to disappear Through the acid and the anger Through every wasted year You are etched in my heart Like a scar I chose to keep I can burn through every doorway But some promises run deep I may walk out of the shadows I may tear my old life apart But you, you, you You are etched in my heart [Bass Picking Break – fast, intricate, no guitar] [Verse 2] Black rose underneath my sleeve Your matching ink against my skin We said ghosts would stand together Till the bitter fucking end Then the alarms tore through the night Mercenaries closed the gate Latch cut loose and saved himself Left me staring at your fate I drained my body through my hands Melted steel until I shook Then I called the friends I’d abandoned And they came without a hook [Pre-Chorus] No price demanded No deal to sign They walked straight into hell For a lie that was mine That was the night I finally learned Some bridges break Some bridges burn [Chorus] You are etched in my heart Cut too deep to disappear Through the acid and the anger Through every wasted year You are etched in my heart Like a scar I chose to keep I can burn through every doorway But some promises run deep I may walk out of the shadows I may tear my old life apart But you, you, you You are etched in my heart [Heavy Bass Interlude – aggressive fingerstyle picking] [Spoken over bass] Lucas in the doorway No questions, just, “Where?” Noir in the back room Trying not to show fear My hands eating iron My mouth dry as dust One friend proved a coward Three strangers proved trust [Bridge – restrained vocals, bass and drums only] I don’t know where I belong Cheap Therapy or the underground Every road still knows my name Every room remembers the sound Etch was never someone else Never some mask I could discard Every lock I broke is with me Every lie still left a scar But I am more than what I damaged More than every job gone wrong Maybe I can keep the darkness Without letting it own the song [Instrumental – extended bass solo] [Breakdown] No gloves Bare hands Black rose New plans No chains No crown No one Left behind now No ghosts No lies No running When the old life bites [Final Chorus – larger, rough backing vocals] You are etched in my heart Cut too deep to disappear Through the acid and the anger Through every wasted year You are etched in my heart Not a wound I need to hide I can choose another future Without killing what survived I will walk out of the shadows With the past still playing its part Because you, you, you You are etched in my heart [Outro – isolated bass picking slows down] Four strings in an empty room Morning cuts the night in two I don’t know where all this starts But your name Your name Your name Is etched in my heart
