The Second Voice

Lyrics

[INTRO – distant guitar pulse, low feedback, slow heartbeat kick] [WHISPERED SECOND VOICE] Can you hear me? [MAIN VOICE – low, controlled] There’s a shadow underneath my skin Never knocking, always walking in When I hesitate, you call my name When I turn away, you feed the flame [SECOND VOICE – whisper] Don’t turn around… [VERSE 1] I’ve been carrying you all these years Through the anger, through the doubt and fear Every warning that I pushed aside You were waiting on the other side [PRE-CHORUS – drums building] Every time I fall Every time I run I can feel you rising Like a loaded gun [CHORUS – huge guitars] I HEAR THE SECOND VOICE Calling from somewhere below I HEAR THE SECOND VOICE Telling me where I should go When everybody says surrender You’re the one that makes the choice [SECOND VOICE – close whisper] You know me… [MAIN VOICE] I hear the second voice! [SHORT GUITAR BREAK – aggressive riff] [VERSE 2 – heavier] You say “stand” when they want me down You say “fight” when there’s no one around You say “move” when my blood runs cold You’ve been young when I’ve been growing old But sometimes when the room goes still I wonder whose hands are on the wheel Am I keeping you locked inside? Or am I the one along for the ride? [PRE-CHORUS – rising tension] Every step I take Every line I cross You keep getting louder And I’m losing track— [SECOND VOICE – interrupting] Of who is lost. [CHORUS – bigger] I HEAR THE SECOND VOICE Calling from somewhere below I HEAR THE SECOND VOICE And now there’s nowhere to go When everybody says surrender You’re the one that makes the choice [BOTH VOICES] WE HEAR THE SECOND VOICE! [BREAKDOWN – half-time, crushing riff] [MAIN VOICE] Get out of my head! [SECOND VOICE – calm] Your head? [MAIN VOICE] I made the choices! [SECOND VOICE] Did you? [MAIN VOICE] I kept you buried! [SECOND VOICE – louder] You kept me alive. [MAIN VOICE] I control you! [SECOND VOICE – suddenly full voice] Then tell me— [BAND STOPS] Who is speaking now? [HEAVY RIFF RETURNS] [GUITAR SOLO – expressive, aggressive, melodic; drums gradually accelerate] [FINAL CHORUS – double-time, SECOND VOICE now dominant] I HEAR THE SECOND VOICE Calling from somewhere below I HEAR THE SECOND VOICE But now I already know You thought that you could silence me You thought you had a choice [ORIGINAL MAIN VOICE – distant whisper] I hear the second voice… [SECOND VOICE – dominant] NO. [FINAL BREAK – massive guitars] [SECOND VOICE – quiet, completely human] You thought I was the voice inside your head… [PAUSE] But maybe you were the voice inside mine. [ONE ENORMOUS LOW GUITAR CHORD] [AMPLIFIER FEEDBACK – fade to silence]