[INTRO — AMBIENT] [Distant sirens] [Low feedback] [Clean guitar harmonics] [Slow heartbeat-like kick] [RIFF 1 — 2x L+R] [Low-tuned dual guitars] [Tight palm-muted chugs] [Syncopated modern metalcore groove] [Short pauses between hits] [VERSE 1 — DARK CLEAN FEMALE] Neon flickers through the cracks in the wall Every promise that we made starts to crawl Through the smoke, through the dust, through the pain Like a ghost wearing my name again I can hear the sirens underneath my skin A thousand little wars that nobody wins You were fire, I was gasoline Now the city burns where we used to dream [PRE-CHORUS — BUILD] [Build drums] [Rising guitars] [Layered backing vocals] Tell me why the silence sounds so loud tonight Why your shadow still survives the light [RIFF 2 — 2x L+R] [Heavier than Riff 1] [Open-string chugs] [Syncopated accents] [Short melodic lead guitar] [Double-kick build] [CHORUS — ACBDC] [A — MAIN HOOK] We’re dancing with the wreckage [C — RISING] Breathing in the flame [B — EMOTIONAL VARIATION] Holding onto memories That never stayed the same [D — VOCAL PEAK] If heaven shut the door on us I’d still scream your name [C — RETURN HOOK] We’re kings and queens of broken things Watching everything decay [POST-CHORUS] [Layered female vocals] Oh-oh-oh Everything decays Oh-oh-oh Nothing stays the same[VERSE 2 — CLEAN / DARKER] Black rain falling from an empty sky Every truth we buried learned how to survive And the scars keep talking when the room goes dark Like a map of every place you left your mark I built a monument from shattered glass Just to watch another future turn to ash Every heartbeat feels like a countdown now And I don’t know how to stop it [PRE-CHORUS — BIGGER] [Fuller drums] [Rising guitars] [Layered harmonies] Tell me why the silence sounds so loud tonight Why your shadow still survives the light I can feel the walls closing in I can feel it underneath my skin [RIFF 2 — 2x L+R] [Full dual guitar wall] [Palm-muted chugs] [Octave melody] [Double-kick acceleration] [Brief stop before chorus] [CHORUS — ACBDC] [A — MAIN HOOK] We’re dancing with the wreckage [C — RISING] Breathing in the flame [B — EMOTIONAL VARIATION] Holding onto memories That never stayed the same [D — VOCAL PEAK] If heaven shut the door on us I’d still scream your name [C — RETURN HOOK] We’re kings and queens of broken things Watching everything decay [BRIDGE — ATMOSPHERIC CLEAN] [Minimal instrumentation] [Large reverb] [Emotional female mezzo-soprano] So pull me under Into the flood Wash away the poison in my blood No saviors coming No warning signs Just the echo of your voice in my mind [BRIDGE BUILD] [Guitars slowly enter] [Tom build] [Rising vocal harmonies] Pull me under Pull me under I don’t wanna feel this anymore[BREAKDOWN — HARSH VOCALS] [Female harsh screams] [Half-time drums] [Extremely low-tuned guitars] [Massive palm-muted chugs] BURN IT DOWN Let the skyline fall apart There’s no mercy IN THE DARK BURN IT DOWN Every chain Every disguise Leave the ashes WHERE THEY LIE [BREAKDOWN RIFF — 2x L+R] [Extremely low-tuned] [Half-time] [Dissonant sustained chord] [Gang vocals on final hits] BURN IT DOWN BURN IT DOWN BURN IT DOWN [FINAL CHORUS — ACBDC / HUGE] [Maximum vocal intensity] [Powerful female belting] [Layered harmonies] [Harsh vocal underneath selected lines] [A — MAIN HOOK] We’re dancing with the wreckage [C — RISING] Breathing in the flame [B — EMOTIONAL VARIATION] Holding onto memories That never stayed the same [D — FINAL VOCAL PEAK] If heaven shut the door on us I’d still scream your name [C — FINAL RETURN] We’re kings and queens of broken things And nothing will remain [FINAL OUTRO] [Everything drops away] [Long guitar feedback] [Distant siren] Nothing will remain Nothing will remain [HARSH WHISPER] Burn it down… [FINAL RIFF — 2x L+R] [One massive synchronized hit] [Feedback] [Abrupt stop]
