The Erosion (Your Face Will Fade)

(Intro)

(A cold, rhythmic dripping sound, like water hitting stone)

(A distorted, low-pitched voice echoes)

Go ahead and scream. I’m not home anymore.

(Heavy, slow 808 bass drops in with a hard, mechanical trap beat)

(Verse 1)

(Cold, flat, and detached hip-hop delivery)

You walked in looking for the usual show

Ready to light the fuse and watch the anger grow

Baiting the trap with the things that used to hurt

Waiting for my tears to start spilling in the dirt

But I’m standing here like granite, completely unphased

Staring right through the storm that you raised

No trembling hands, no shaking in my chest

Just a dull, gray wall giving everything a rest

I know your layout, I know your every move

And I’m jumping completely out of the groove.

(Pre-Chorus)

(Beat drops out entirely, leaving only a cold, mechanical hum)

You’re throwing matches at a mountain, waiting for a spark

But you’re just a fading shadow shouting in the dark

I’m changing the lock, I’m changing the score

And you don't get to hurt me anymore.

(Ad-lib: Nothing left to bleed.)

(Chorus)

(Full alternative rock energy explodes, heavy distorted guitars smash in)

I’m just a grey rock standing in your path!

You won't get my sorrow, you won't get my wrath!

Zero satisfaction is all you’re gonna get

The easiest target that you ever met

(Scream vocals) Scream at the stone!

You’re entirely, completely on your own

Once I’m out that door, that’s it, we’re done!

The game is over, and nobody won!

(Verse 2)

(Smooth but freezing emo soul delivery)

I give you one-word answers, keeping it flat

No, I don't care about this, or about that

Starving your ego, cutting the supply

Watching the confusion flashing in your eye

You hate the quiet, you hate the blank screen

Yelling at a statue that refuses to be mean

Go ahead and twist it, go ahead and lie

I’m just the scenery passing you by

And while you’re busy trying to make a scene

I’m building the bridge to where the grass is green.

(Pre-Chorus)

(Beat strips back to a slow, pulsing electronic heartbeat)

No dramatic ending, no final big fight

Just a quiet exit right into the night

You’re losing your grip on the strings you used to pull...

(Ad-lib: The cage is empty.)

(Chorus)

(Maximum energy, distorted guitars and driving drums)

I’m just a grey rock standing in your path!

You won't get my sorrow, you won't get my wrath!

Zero satisfaction is all you’re gonna get

The easiest target that you ever met

(Scream vocals) ONCE I’M OUT, THAT’S IT!

Every piece of your puzzle no longer fits

Once I’m out that door, that’s it, we’re done!

The game is over, and nobody won!

(Bridge)

(The beat slows down to a crawl, atmospheric and hauntingly hollow)

And the hardest pill that you'll have to take

Is realizing there's nothing left here to break

I am present in body, but my spirit is gone

Stepping off your chessboard and moving along

You can keep the chaos, you can keep the blame

I’m erasing my numbers, I’m forgetting the name.

(Outro)

(The instrumentation cuts out completely. Only a lone guitar notes echo)

Once I step across that line...

The curtain falls for the very last time.

No rewrites. No second acts.

Your voice will lose its weight.

Your eyes will lose their light.

(Scream lyric, sharp and raw, echoing into a long delay)

And your face will fade!

(The sound of a heavy door clicking shut, followed by dead silence)