Hello Was the Trigger

**[Verse 1]**  
You walked in, a ghost in skin  
Smile like venom, soft as sin  
The room went cold, my guard fell low  
I never stood a chance, I know  

**[Pre-Chorus]**  
Your touch was truth, or so I thought  
But every gift was laced with rot  

**[Chorus]**  
You had me at “hello
Like a spell I couldn’t break  
Pulled me under, slow  
With every breath you’d take  
You had me at “hello”  
Now I’m drowning in your glow  
Beautiful and hollow  
That’s how the poison flows  

**[Verse 2]**  
You spoke in colors I’d never seen  
Now they stain everything in me  
Promises carved on trembling bone  
Left me tethered, left alone  

**[Pre-Chorus]**  
I should’ve known that light deceives  
You taught me how a siren grieves  

**[Chorus]**  
You had me at “hello
Now I’m chained beneath your throne  
Silken lies, wrapped in gold  
I sleep inside the undertow  
You had me at “hello”  
But that’s when the wound was sewn  
Beautiful and hollow  
And stitched into my soul  

**[Bridge: Spoken whisper over minimalist synth]**
Every word... a trap with teeth  
And I whispered “more,” I begged beneath  

**[Final Chorus]**  
You had me at “hello
Not love, but something close  
Not safe, but sweetly bold  
A silence that explodes  
You had me at “hello”  
Now I know what haunting knows  
Beautiful and hollow  
You never let me go  

Dark pop, nu-metal undertones, shoegaze, heavy synth, hip-hop layered, male vocals