Lyrics

**(Verse 1: 0:16-0:45)**
*(Music: Breathier synth pads swell gently. Clean, sparse guitar arpeggios begin, shimmering with delay. The drum beat enters - a slow, heavy, hip-hop influenced groove (think "The Black" verses). Bass is prominent, warm, and deep.)*
*(Vocals: Intensely breathy, close-mic'd, intimate. Slight rasp on edges. Focus on lower register.)*
>Woke tangled in the ghost of your sheets, love
>Sun cuts knives where your body used to heat mine.
>That perfume you left like a stain on the breeze, love
>(*Slight vocal crack*) Still fucking chokes me every time.
>Remember the way the city lights bled
>Reflecting in your eyes, chrome and blue?
>Whispered futures tangled up in this bed
>Promises tasted bitter, sweet, and true.
>Your touch was scripture, baby, etched in the dark
>A language only *our* fever could speak.
>Now the silence screams where your laughter left its mark
>A hollow cathedral, cold and bleak.
>Yeah, you painted constellations on my skin
>With fingertips tracing secrets, slow and deep.
>Now I trace the scars where your leaving carved in
>A phantom ache while the whole damn world just sleeps.

**(Pre-Chorus: 0:46-1:05)**
*(Music: Tension builds. Synth pads become slightly dissonant. Guitars add a subtle layer of distorted texture underneath the cleans. Drums become more urgent, adding snare rolls. Bassline drives harder.)*
*(Vocals: Breathiness starts to give way to more power, rising in intensity and pitch. Still controlled, but the ache is palpable.)*
>Then *he* walked in, sharp suit, borrowed shine
>A cheap reflection of *my* stolen sun.
>Saw the flicker in your eyes, a treacherous sign
>The fucking war... before it had begun.
>You said it was "safe," said it was "just a phase,"
>But safety's a cage when you crave the fucking storm.
>Watched you trade our wildfire for his muted haze
>Left me here... shattered... deformed.

**(Chorus 1: 1:06-1:35)**
*(Music: EXPLOSION. Heavy, downtuned, grooving guitar riff crashes in (think the main riff of "The Black"). Drums become massive - pounding kick, crashing cymbals, driving snare. Synths swell into a dark, beautiful counter-melody. Bass is crushing. Energy is immense, cathartic, yet the melody remains hauntingly beautiful.)*
*(Vocals: Soaring, powerful clean vocals. Still retains a breathy texture underneath the power. Raw emotion bleeds through. Catchy, anthemic melody.)*
>**So you gave your heart to a cheaper suit,**
>**Traded razor-wire kisses for something tame.**
>**Yeah, you wear his ring, but it don't absolve the loot**
>**Stolen from the ashes where *our* fire became.**
>**I see it in the shadows when you look my way,**
>**A hunger buried deep beneath the lie.**
>**You whisper you love him, but your body screams *my* name,**
>**A beautiful poison lighting up the sky.**
>**I STILL TASTE YOUR LIES! (On his lips, on his skin!)**
>**I STILL HEAR YOUR SIGHS! (Where does *our* end, and *his* begin?!)**

**(Post-Chorus: 1:36-1:50)**
*(Music: Heavy guitars and drums drop out