The Screamer in the Vents

Verse 1
There’s scratching behind the ceiling tiles again
They say it’s just rats — but rats don’t scream like men
I hear her crawl at 3:03
She’s singing lullabies backwards just for me

Pre-Chorus
She begs me to listen, she rattles the grate
She knows every secret I locked in that crate

Chorus
She’s the screamer in the vents, clawing through my brain
No one else believes me — they just up my meds again
She’s whispering my name in the rattle of the pipes
And I swear I saw her shadow in the flicker of the lights

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Verse 2
The nurses turn the volume up when I try to sleep
But silence doesn’t help when she’s inside too deep
Her fingernails tap like a metronome curse
Each second I breathe in just makes the scream worse

Pre-Chorus
She knows what I did, she hums it in code
She’s waiting for me in the vent by the stove

Chorus
She’s the screamer in the vents, crawling through my skin
Laughing through the ductwork — I let the voices in
She sings me little stories about what I used to hide
And I think I saw her crawling when I opened up my eyes

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Bridge (music breaks down into industrial chaos)

“You put me here…”
“You locked the door.”
“But I remember.”
“And I. Will. Scream. Forever.”
(explodes back into chorus)

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Final Chorus
She’s the screamer in the vents, chewing through my spine
No one else can hear her — they say I’ll be fine
She’s not a dream, she’s not regret
She’s the echo that you never quite forget

Dark alt-metal horror track. Whispered verses, explosive chorus. Paranoia, vents, screams, and twisted lullabies,rock