Lies

[INTRO — ATMOSPHERIC CLEAN GUITAR • 6/8 TIME • DISTANT REVERB • LOW SYNTH DRONE • WHISPERED FEMALE VOCAL] It’s those lies You thought I'd forget over time... It’s those words I bought, I hoped would escape my mind. [VERSE 1 — CLEAN GUITAR ARPEGGIOS • 7/8 TIME • RESTRAINED VOCALS • SUBTLE BASS] It took one person for me to hear it, Myself to doubt it. More lies to hurt from it, But a friend to actually believe it. You thought the made up stories were cool, But do I really look like a fool to you? If only you would stop seeing me like some tool, Before my heart had become unglued. [PRE-CHORUS — BUILDING TOM-TOMS • DISTORTION CREEPING IN • VOCAL INTENSITY RISING] You pulled every thread Until nothing remained— Then wondered why I couldn't wear your chains. [CHORUS — FULL PROGRESSIVE METAL • 4/4 • HEAVY RIFF • DOUBLE-KICK • POWERFUL CLEAN VOCALS] You thought I'd bury every word, Let every scar disappear... But the truth came screaming through The silence I carried for years! [INSTRUMENTAL INTERLUDE — 9/8 TIME • POLYRHYTHMIC GUITARS • LEAD GUITAR HARMONICS • DRUM FILL] [VERSE 2 — HALF-TIME GROOVE • DARK CLEAN GUITAR • LOW FEMALE HARMONY] You built your stories BRICK BY BRICK Thinking I'd never see the cracks. You called me something you could use, Something you'd never have to GIVE BACK! But I was never your tool, Never yours to manipulate. You kept pushing every boundary, Until there was nothing left to BREAK! [PRE-CHORUS — 6/8 • RISING VOCALS • GUITAR OCTAVES • SNARE BUILD] And every word you said Still echoes in my head— But now I hear the truth Instead of what you said. [CHORUS — FULL HEAVY ARRANGEMENT • LAYERED VOCALS • DOUBLE-KICK] You thought I'd bury every word, Let every scar disappear... But the truth came screaming through The silence I carried for years! [BRIDGE — ATMOSPHERIC BREAK • PIANO + CLEAN GUITAR • 5/4 TIME • FRAGILE VOCALS] So here I am... Trying to put the pieces Of my heart back together. You never did give a damn, About our forever. [BREAKDOWN — EXTREME LOW-TUNED RIFF • 7/8 → 4/4 • MASSIVE DOUBLE-KICK • HARSH VOCALS] I AM NOT YOUR TOOL! I AM NOT YOUR LIE! I WILL NOT CARRY WHAT YOU LEFT INSIDE! You broke the pieces— I'll build them anew! You buried the truth— Now I'm breaking through! [FINAL CHORUS — EPIC PROGRESSIVE METAL • LAYERED CLEAN + HARSH VOCALS • LEAD GUITAR SOLO] You thought I'd never see the truth, Thought I'd always stay right here— But the pieces of my broken heart Are finally becoming clear! [OUTRO — CLEAN GUITAR • RETURN TO 6/8 • DISTANT REVERB • FADING VOCAL] So here I am... Putting my heart back together. You thought we'd last forever... But I found forever Wasn't you.