[Ambient Intro: choir, Reese rumble, reversed textures, Japanese plucks, whispers] I can hear the walls breathe Wide awake again Counting shadows on the ceiling While the night pulls at my skin The room bends slowly out of shape Like the air forgot my name Every hour drips like rainwater Running cold through my veins [Build: tribal toms, sub pulse, glitch percussion, rising strings/guitars] [Verse 1: intimate chesty vocal, dark psychedelic groove] My body feels a thousand miles behind me But my mind won't stay still I keep staring through the window Like the sky might finally heal The silence tastes unfamiliar Like a word I can't explain And every step feels weightless But heavier all the same [Pre-Chorus: bass/strings swell, heartbeat snare, tension] I drift further from the feeling Every time I close my eyes Like I'm floating somewhere colder Far beyond the morning light [Chorus: HUGE, layered belts, djent guitars, Reese bass, strings, choir] It grips me like paralysis And it chokes me from the inside out, no breath I see colours floating whilst I feel right on the brink of death Every voice around me sounds a million miles away I reach out for something real but watch it fade to grey Am I dreaming with my eyes open wide again? Or falling through the cracks beneath my skin? I hold the world so tightly but it slips straight through my hands [Post-Chorus: psychedelic bass groove, warped echoes, acid synth] [Verse 2: hypnotic groove, intimate vocal] The lights smear softly in the distance Like they're sinking in the rain And everybody's moving faster While I'm frozen in one place I hear my heartbeat in the floorboards Like thunder underneath Every thought becomes a spiral Pulling harder at my feet [Pre-Chorus 2: harmonies, strings, rising tension] Somewhere between sleep and daylight I disappeared again Now the mirror shows a stranger Wearing shadows like a skin [Chorus: heavier, bigger choir/djent] It grips me like paralysis And it chokes me from the inside out, no breath I see colours floating whilst I feel right on the brink of death Every voice around me sounds a million miles away I reach out for something real but watch it fade to grey Am I dreaming with my eyes open wide again? Or falling through the cracks beneath my skin? I hold the world so tightly but it slips straight through my hands [Psychedelic Collapse: reversed choir, bass drone, silence] [Japanese Bridge: minimal, ethereal] Yoru no umi ni shizunde Koe mo todokanai mama Nemuri to mezame no aida Watashi wa doko ni iru no [Build: feedback, toms, rising sub, acid synth] [Djent Breakdown: NO VOCALS] [syncopated guitars, FILTHY Reese bass, polyrhythms, glitch, acid stabs, tempo switches, crushing half-time, dead stop] [Verse 3: stripped-back, cello, intimate vocal] Now the morning barely finds me Through the colours in my head And the world outside keeps turning While I'm buried in my bed I touch the edge of something peaceful Then it slips away again Like the tide pulls every memory Far beyond my reach [Pre-Chorus 3: heartbeat, choir/guitars rising] If I let the silence take me Would I finally feel alive? Or become another shadow Drifting somewhere out of sight? [Mini-Bridge: cinematic rise, choir, strings, toms] Hold me under Till the fear dissolves Till the weight releases Till the darkness opens I can almost feel the light [Pause: single inhale, heartbeat] [FINAL MASSIVE DROP: full djent, seismic bass, strings, choir, powerhouse vocals] [Final Chorus] It grips me like paralysis And it chokes me from the inside out, no breath I see colours floating whilst I feel right on the brink of death Every voice around me sounds a million miles away I reach out for something real but watch it fade to grey Am I dreaming with my eyes open wide again? Or falling through the cracks beneath my skin? I hold the world so tightly but it slips straight through my hands [Final Lines: slowing, layered belt/scream] I don't know where the ending is But I know I can't go back So I let the darkness hold me As the whole world fades to black [Outro: Japanese plucks return, Reese decay, whispers, choir, final heartbeat, fade]
