Cold, Metal Heart

[Verse 1]
Cold
Metal
In my hands
Name tag hanging
Plastic band
Fluorescent hum above your bed
Every word I never said
You were softer than these rails
Now it’s boxes
Charts
And scales
Sterile air
A paper gown
I just watch the numbers count down
[Chorus]
Cold
Metal heart
Beating under all these wires
I’m tracing every scar
Like I can pull you from the fire
Cold
Metal heart
Why am I the one that’s shaking?
If you break apart
I won’t know who I am waking
[Verse 2]
I rehearse the brave-face lines
Doctor talk and rigid spines
Coffee cooling in my grip
Time keeps taking little sips
All the jokes we used to trade
Fade beneath the beeping fade
I would bargain
I would burn
For just one more useless turn
[Chorus]
Cold
Metal heart
Beating under all these wires
I’m tracing every scar
Like I can pull you from the fire
Cold
Metal heart
Why am I the one that’s shaking?
If you break apart
I won’t know who I am waking
[Bridge]
If I could trade this steel for skin (oh)
Fill this room with summer wind
I’d carry every ache you feel
I’d be the one beneath the steel
[Chorus]
Cold
Metal heart
Beating under all these wires
I’m tracing every scar
Like I can pull you from the fire
Cold
Metal heart
I’m the one that’s slowly breaking
If you slip too far
Who am I when I’m awakened?

metal, Brooding alt-rock groove with male vocals; reverb-soaked guitars over a steady midtempo drum pulse, bass locked to the kick for a stalking feel. Verses stay restrained with palm-muted riffs and close-mic vocal; chorus opens into wide power chords, stacked doubles, and a lifted melody. Bridge strips to bass, toms, and whispered vocal before a final, fuller chorus hits with crunchy guitars and riding cymbals.