[Verse 1]
Torn Polaroid face-down on the kitchen floor,
Your coffee cup stains the table where we swore.
Unread messages like knives in a glass jaw,
A lipstick crescent on the collar of my coat — the law.
You left a name carved in the maple of our door,
A wedding band in the sink, water running cold on the floor.
The clock keeps lying, midnight’s an empty throne,
I count the receipts of all the promises you never owned.
[Pre-Chorus 1]
I wear the scars beneath my skin,
They map the fights I never win.
Darkness leans, it pulls, I crawl —
Hear the echo of my own footfall.
[Chorus]
Betrayal's shadow, rusted chain around my throat,
I breathe your poison and spit out the note.
Hate and hurt braided into the same refrain —
I wear your lies like rusted chains; I break them in the end.
[Verse 2]
Mirror cracked — a grin I barely know,
I pick the shards that spell your name and throw.
The calendar’s crossed where we should have been,
Late-night keys, empty texts, the life that could've been.
Your laugh is canned, a broken spring in the hall,
I step on promises and watch the photos fall.
Self-loathing tastes like pennies and coal,
I carry every fingerprint of where you stole my soul.
[Pre-Chorus 2 - Escalation]
I wear the scars beneath my skin,
They throb in time with the lie you’re livin’ in.
I tighten bolts around the past,
Then kick the door — this cage won't last.
[Chorus - Variation]
Betrayal's shadow, rusted chain around my throat,
I flip your pages, watch the ink corrode.
Hate and hurt braided into the same refrain —
I wear your lies like rusted chains; I break them in the end.
[Bridge — Turning Point]
(Tempo drops — doom crawl, heavy and slow)
I light the margins where your alibis were penned,
Ash drips like rain from the lies you couldn't mend.
Each ember is a verdict, each spark a small reprieve,
The furnace of my anger learns how to un-forgive.
No anthem to your cruelty, no altar to your name,
I hammer down the rim of rage and forge a new claim.
[Instrumental Solo]
[Gibson SG: mid-scooped, serrated lead; Rickenbacker bass: low thunder; Drums: slow doom verse into double-kick thrash]
[Call & Response - Live Cut]
Lead: "Break!"
Crowd: "Break!"
Lead: "Break the—"
Crowd: "—Chains!"
[Final Chorus — Shout-Along]
Betrayal's shadow, rusted chain — so loud,
I ripped your words like dying clouds.
Hate and hurt, we sing it out again —
I wear your lies like rusted chains; I break them in the end.
[Outro]
From ash and iron, a fractured soul re-teams,
Anger thaws to something that still breathes.
Lessons branded but the wound won't bind,
I walk out with the dawn — your ghost left behind.
[Production Notes]
- Structure: verses at doom pace (75–90 BPM); choruses explode into thrash tempo (170–190 BPM).
- Tone: Gibson SG lead—mid-scoop crunchy distortion; rhythm palm-muted gallops in choruses.
- Bass: Rickenbacker heavy, round low end with a bright mid bite for growl under the SG.
- Drums: Tight snares, thunder toms in verses; open double-kick and blast
