[Intro] DEAD!!! [Verse 1] Muzzle erupts — black flower blooms White-hot lead rips my throat in half Thought hits first — then pain devours Skull splits open on cold cement No crack — just dead fucking silence I fall — already know the end Last direction — straight to hell [Chorus] (mid-tempo crushing breakdown, massive palm-muted chug, gang-shout backing vocals) I DID NOT LEAVE — I REMAINED! Trapped behind eyes of rotting meat Watching the end — complete! I AM DEAD — AND I FUCKING KNOW IT! I AM DEAD — AND I FUCKING KNOW IT! [Verse 2] (slightly slower, suffocating groove — Kerry/Jeff-style dissonant riffing) Ground swallows me — cold iron grip Voices preach sermons — never knew me Skeptic soul — now just meat Time crawls — should fucking shatter Hands grab — no mercy, no save Roll my carcass like trash Hear the weight — of what I was Dead weight — dragging [Chorus] I DID NOT LEAVE — I REMAINED! Trapped behind eyes of rotting meat Watching the end — complete! I AM DEAD — AND I FUCKING KNOW IT! I AM DEAD — AND I FUCKING KNOW IT! [Bridge] Do not speak my name... I am still fucking listening Do not close my eyes... I AM STILL HERE! I AM STILL HERE!!! [Verse 3 / Breakdown] Plastic breath — fluorescent buzz Room reeks of final fucking decisions They tag the thing I used to be Metal slides — skin yields wide Silence waits — patient as death Every cut — carves the lesson Death is no end — it's a process I feel it all — every slice Every probe — every tear I FEEL IT ALL!!! [Final Chorus / Outro] I DID NOT LEAVE — I REMAINED! Trapped inside this corpse — forever chained Eyes wide open — staring through the void I AM DEAD — AND I FUCKING KNOW IT! I AM DEAD — AND I FUCKING KNOW IT! (repeat & fade into feedback + final guttural roar) AWAKE... WHEN I DIED!!! [Chorus – repeated, more distant each time] I did not leave I remained Pinned inside the finished form A witness with no mouth I am dead And I know it [Outro] Earth on wood Wood on cloth Cloth on thought The dark does not rush It settles Pressure replaces memory Weight replaces sound At last— Even knowing Is buried I am dead and I know it what is this silent hell I am still here [Final note fades into nothing]
