[Title: Paper Lungs] [Intro – no warning, full band hits instantly, blast beats, chaotic dissonant riff] [Blood curdling scream] WAKE UP! [Instrumental – frantic twin-guitar harmony riff, off-kilter drum accents, glitchy synth stabs] [Verse 1 – blood curdling screams, fast and frantic] White walls, white noise, white knuckles on the rail I wrote your name in the dust on the windowsill The monitors keep perfect time Like a metronome for a life half mine You said you'd outrun the winter Now you're shivering under paper sheets I've got a mouth full of prayers I can't remember And a pulse I'm too scared to believe [Pre-Chorus – clean vocals, ringing chords, snare build] Breathe in, breathe out Don't you dare give up now [Chorus – soaring clean vocals, screams layered underneath, full band] With paper lungs and a borrowed breath You're holding on to what is left If the night won't let you go I'll carry you home I'll carry you home [Instrumental – stop-start mathy riff, pinch harmonics, heavy bass groove] [Breakdown 1 – half-time, syncopated drop-tuned chugs, dramatic pauses] [Blood curdling screams] WAKE UP! WAKE UP! [Chugs continue, crash cymbals on the accents, dissonant synth drone] [Verse 2 – call and response between screams and clean vocals] (Screamed) Tell me this is only a nightmare (Clean) Tell me morning's on its way (Screamed) I've been bargaining with the ceiling (Clean) Every hour that you stay (Screamed) I would trade every breath I've taken Every sunrise I have known Just to hear you laugh in the kitchen Just to drive you home! [Pre-Chorus – clean vocals, tremolo guitars underneath] Breathe in, breathe out I can't lose you now [Chorus – soaring clean vocals, screams underneath] With paper lungs and a borrowed breath We're counting every heartbeat left If the night won't let you go I'll carry you home I'll carry you home [Guitar solo – fast, melodic, emotional, over blast beats and synth pad] [Interlude – drums cut out, soft synth pulse like a heart monitor, solo piano] [Whispered spoken word over piano] They said the fever broke at 4:17 I was asleep in the plastic chair I never heard you wake up But I heard you say my name [Build – clean vocals soaring, drums rising, feedback swells] You're still here You're still here [Instrumental – explosive drum fill, chaotic tremolo riff, tempo increases] [Breakdown 2 – long intense breakdown, slow and crushing, pounding double bass] [Blood curdling screams] THIS IS NOT HOW IT ENDS! [Gang vocals] STAND UP! STAND UP! [Blood curdling screams] THIS IS NOT HOW IT ENDS! [Gang vocals] STAND UP! [Breakdown continues – heavier, silence between chug hits] [Low guttural scream] Breathe [Breakdown drops even heavier – half-half-time, final syncopated chugs] [Final Chorus – huge clean vocals with harmonies, screams underneath, full band] With paper lungs and a borrowed breath You fought for every breath you had left And when the night let you go I carried you home I carried you home [Outro – full band, one last crushing chug hit, then silence] [End – single guitar feedback ringing out]
