Echoes of the Blackout

Lyrics

[INTRO] [Low distorted guitar hum] [Single guitar riff begins — slow, dirty, tense] (whispered layered vocals) Blackout... Blackout... Blackout state... [Drums enter — tom-heavy build] (low vocal) I can feel it coming again... [FULL GUITAR HIT] [VERSE 1] Eyes burn from the screen, no light, no peace, Thoughts crash like waves in a storm that's fierce, Tattooed to the things I love, I hate them too, Twisted wires in my brain, sparking through. [Guitar riff answers vocal] Every little sound feels way too loud, Lost inside my head while I'm surrounded by a crowd, I reach for something steady but it slips right through— (vocal double) Everything I love, I fucking overthink too. [PRE-CHORUS] [Drums pull back / bass rises] I care— I care too much, it kills. I try to love, But I'm blinded by hate. It builds... It breaks... IT SPILLS. [1 beat silence] [CHORUS] [FULL BAND — WIDE VOCAL STACK] BLACKOUT STATE! I'M LOSING MY MIND! (losing my mind...) Love and rage, They're intertwined! BLACKOUT STATE! I'M FALLING APART! Care too much, It tears me apart! (stacked vocals) TEARS ME APART! TEARS ME APART! BLACKOUT STATE— IT'S BREAKING MY HEART! [Guitar riff — 4 bars] [VERSE 2] My hands shake the mirror as it cracks, demons can't see me, Shadows of who I was, where I should be, A scream in my throat never makes it out, Choking on the weight of fear and doubt. [Drums build harder] Every reflection looks a little less like me, Every expectation turns into another weight I can't release, I'm fighting with myself and nobody knows— I'm smiling on the surface While the pressure fucking grows. [PRE-CHORUS] I care— I care too much, it kills. I try to love, But I'm blinded by hate. It builds... It breaks... IT SPILLS. (background scream) LET IT SPILL! [CHORUS] BLACKOUT STATE! I'M LOSING MY MIND! (losing my mind...) Love and rage, They're intertwined! BLACKOUT STATE! I'M FALLING APART! Care too much, It tears me apart! (stacked vocals) TEARS ME APART! TEARS ME APART! BLACKOUT STATE— IT'S BREAKING MY HEART! [POST-CHORUS] [Driving guitar / faster drums] Whoa-oh-oh— I'M BURNING OUT! Whoa-oh-oh— CAN'T SHUT IT DOWN! Whoa-oh-oh— My head keeps spinning— BUT I CAN'T GET OUT! (distorted vocal echo) GET OUT... GET OUT... GET OUT... [BRIDGE] [Music drops — clean guitar / low heartbeat kick] Fire in my veins, burning bright too fast, Every moment perfect but it can't last, I'm drowning in this abyss, sensing no one around, Chains of emotion dragging me down. Spinning in circles till I hit the ground. [Short silence] (quiet vocal) And I hit the ground... [Guitar feedback rises] Again. Again. Again. [BUILD] [Snare begins pounding] Love too hard— HATE TOO FAST! Hold too tight— NOTHING LASTS! Think too much— CAN'T RELAX! Every fucking feeling Comes crashing back! (stacked vocals building) CRASHING BACK! CRASHING BACK! CRASHING BACK! [BREAKDOWN] [Half-time drums / massive distorted riff] BLACK— OUT— STATE! [Guitar chug] My head says run! My heart says stay! I push you out— Then beg you not to walk away! BLACK— OUT— STATE! I love too deep! I rage too hard! Everything I touch Leaves another fucking scar! [Drum fill] [QUIET SECTION] [Clean guitar / almost whispered vocal] Maybe I'm not angry. Maybe I'm afraid. Maybe all this noise inside me Is just pain I couldn't name. Maybe I don't hate you. Maybe I hate what I became. (soft stacked vocal) What I became... What I became... And every time I lose control— I wake up in the same... [FINAL CHORUS] [FULL BAND — BIGGEST CHORUS] BLACKOUT STATE! I'M LOSING MY MIND! (LOSING MY MIND!) Love and rage, They're intertwined! BLACKOUT STATE! I'M FALLING APART! Care too much, It tears me apart! BLACKOUT STATE! I'M BURNING ALIVE! I keep losing pieces Just to keep shit inside! (high harmony) INSIDE! (shouted stack) INSIDE! BLACKOUT STATE! I'M LOSING CONTROL! Love too hard, Then I shut down cold! BLACKOUT STATE— IT'S BREAKING MY HEART! (stacked vocals) BREAKING MY HEART! BREAKING MY HEART! BLACKOUT STATE! [FINAL POST-CHORUS] [Driving drums / melodic guitar lead] Whoa-oh-oh— I'M BURNING OUT! Whoa-oh-oh— BUT I'M STILL HERE NOW! Whoa-oh-oh— Every piece of me is screaming— LET IT OUT! (gang vocals) LET IT OUT! LET IT OUT! LET IT OUT! [OUTRO] [Return to opening guitar riff] (breathy vocal) Eyes burn from the screen... No light... No peace... Thoughts crashing harder Every time I try to sleep. (whispered stack) Blackout... Blackout... Blackout state... [Guitar swells] I care too much. I feel too much. I love too hard. I hate too much. [Drums stop] (quietly) Maybe that's why... I can't shut it off. [Final distorted guitar hit] BLACKOUT STATE. (fading layered vocal) Blackout... state...