Shadow On The Ceiling

[Intro]
[whispered vocals]I carved your name
In the back of my brain
You still move
Inside my ruins[/whispered vocals]
[Verse 1]
I kept the jacket
Still reeks of your perfume stain
Every thread a photograph
Of all the ways I broke this thing
You were the lighthouse
I was the storm that cracked the glass
Now every step feels like
Bare feet over shattered past
[Chorus]
You’re the shadow on the ceiling
I can’t scrape you off my bones
Every scar is just a sentence
Reading
“This is all your fault”
I keep begging for forgiveness
From a ghost that never speaks
If I’m the one who lit the match
Why am I the one that bleeds?
[Verse 2]
I tore the pictures
But the edges live in my hands
Small cuts
Same story
Played back in a second chance
You were the calm breath
I was the flood that climbed too fast
Drowned your colors
Left you reaching through the cracks
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[low vocal register]I still hear you in the bathroom mirror
Spitting back the words I swore I’d never say
“I’m the monster
I’m the anchor
I’m the reason you just had to walk away”[/low vocal register]
[growled]Drag my name across the concrete
Let it scrape
Let it burn
Let it sting[/growled]
If I ruined every moment
Why do I still wear your ring?
[Chorus]

Dark, melodic metalcore with tense palm-muted riffs and dissonant chords in verses, male vocals shifting from desperate low cleans to throat-ripped screams. Choruses explode open with double-time drums, wide lead guitars, and stacked gang vocals on the hook. Brief atmospheric break in the bridge with eerie clean guitar and distant screams before a final, crushing chorus., melodic metalcore, raw