[Intro — Instrumental]
Tremolo guitars, bowed violin drone, toms like distant thunder — 8 bars build.
[Violin Motif A — 2-bar: (long-short-long-short) E6 - D6 - B5 - A5 — play between chorus repeats]
[Verse 1]
The city burned inside my veins, you used to believe,
My words were fire on the wall — you just watched me bleed.
My heart’s a rusted chain, it won’t beat for you,
Every promise turned to smoke, it’s nothing new.
[Pre‑Chorus 1] (syllable counts)
Ash braided with your name clings under my skin. (11)
I pry ember-doors — hush cracks into flame. (10)
[Violin Motif A — 2-bar, ascending; cue a short bowed rise into the chorus]
[Chorus — Tight Hook — chantable; repeat 2x]
I scream into the hollow sky. (8)
Your silence taught my veins to dry. (8)
I tear the ashes from my side. (8)
I burn and rise. (4)
[Violin counter-line: motif A echoing the last two notes of each chorus repeat]
[Verse 2]
Smoke carves the alleys where our vows were kept,
Footsteps crack like glass on promises that wept.
Guitars fall in sawtooth waves — the city coughs and dies,
Violin serrates the night, and every false coin lies.
[Pre‑Chorus 2] (syllable counts)
Embers map the corners where your shadow bled. (11)
I step to the smoke-line, let the old world shed. (10)
[Violin Motif A — cue a plaintive two-bar answer before the chorus]
[Chorus — Repeat 2x]
I scream into the hollow sky. (8)
Your silence taught my veins to dry. (8)
I tear the ashes from my side. (8)
I burn and rise. (4)
[Bridge — Build / Scream Climax]
(Guitars palm-muted, drums tighten; violin plays a wrenching 4-bar counter-melody beneath)
Let the night unmake the shapes you left behind — (11)
My spine a rail of light that snaps the old design. (11)
[Violin Counter-Melody — 4-bar: B5 - C6 - D6 - E6 (rising, then griefing descent)]
[Female scream rises, full chest; held on the refrain below then cut]
I burn and rise. (4) — (scream; hold through vibrato)
I burn and rise. (4) — (scream; cut abrupt)
[Final Chorus — Big, wide — gang vocals & violin swells]
I scream into the hollow sky. (8)
Your silence taught my veins to dry. (8)
I tear the ashes from my side. (8)
I burn and rise. (4)
(repeat once more, last time with a held violin harmonic)
[Outro — Resolution]
[Soft bowed violin, single clean guitar arpeggio; the drums recede]
I scream into the hollow sky. (8) — whispered then swallowed by reverb
Your silence taught my veins to dry. (8) — distant
I burn and rise. (4) — one last full-voice cry from the female screamer, then fade
[Performance Notes]
- Voice: only female scream (primary vocal). Use full-chest harsh vocals for choruses; allow one measured whispered line in outro for contrast.
- Violin: use Motif A (two-bar) between chorus lines and at the end of each pre-chorus; play the 4-bar counter-melody under the bridge leading into scream climax.
- Guitars: tremolo-picked black-metal sections under verses; palm-muted chug for bridge build; open chords during choruses for weight.
- Drums: blast/speed during verses; halftim
