[Intro — Clean Guitar, 7/8]
I wake up...
inside another room.
Same face.
Different me.
[Verse 1 — Whispered / Clean]
There's a voice underneath my voice,
Counting every step I take.
Every thought becomes a warning,
Every silence starts to shake.
I know this ceiling.
I know this bed.
I know these walls are in my head.
But when I close my eyes,
The room rearranges,
And I'm somewhere else again.
[Pre-Chorus — Building]
Don't tell me I'm broken,
Don't tell me I'm fine.
I'm somewhere between
The real and the mind.
[Chorus — Huge Clean Vocal]
I'm a fractured mirror,
Every piece is still mine.
I see a hundred faces
Every time I close my eyes.
If I can't find the centre,
I'll stop searching tonight.
Maybe all these broken pieces
Were never meant to align.
[Verse 2 — Heavy / Syncopated]
Left foot.
Right foot.
Breathe in.
Forget.
I lose the thread,
Then chase it through
A maze I haven't finished yet.
The world goes silent—
Then too loud.
The ceiling bends.
The floor gives out.
I tell myself,
"You're here."
Again.
"You're here."
Again.
[Breakdown — Polyrhythmic]
I AM HERE.
Even when the walls move.
I AM HERE.
Even when I don't know who—
I AM.
[DJENT SOLO / RIFF — 7-string Drop A]
[Tempo: ~142 BPM]
[Feel: 7/8 guitar against 4/4 drums.]
[Palm-muted low string; let the final high notes ring.]
[A|--0-0-x-0---0-00---3-2---0---|]
[E|--0-0-x-0---0-00---6-5---3---|]
[A|--0-0-x-0---0-00-------------|]
[E|-----------------------------|]
[A|-----------------------------|]
[E|-----------------------------|]
[A|-----------------------------|]
[Then:]
[A|--0-0-0---5/8--0---7\5--0---|]
[E|-----------------------------|]
[A|--0-0-0----------------------|]
[E|-----------------------------|]
[A|-----------------------------|]
[E|-----------------------------|]
[A|-----------------------------|]
[Lead over riff]
[e|----------------10-12-13-12-10----------------|]
[B|---------10-12-----------------12-10----------|]
[G|--9-11-12-----------------------------12-11-9--|]
[D|----------------------------------------------|]
[^ fast alternate picking / legato]
[Bridge — Everything Drops Away]
Maybe I don't need
To make the pieces fit.
Maybe I can hold them
Without becoming them.
The voice isn't the enemy.
The noise isn't the truth.
I don't have to solve myself
To know I'm still me.
[Final Chorus — Massive]
I'm a fractured mirror,
Every piece is still mine.
I see a hundred faces
But I'm still behind the eyes.
If I can't find the centre,
I'll stop searching tonight.
I don't need every answer
To know I'm still alive.
[Final Breakdown]
THIS IS MY MIND.
Not my master.
THIS IS MY NOISE.
Not my name.
THIS IS MY LIFE.
Fragmented.
Beautiful.
MINE.
[Outro — Clean]
The room is still.
The mirror's cracked.
I don't look away.
I look back.