Nothing

[Intro – slow, haunting clean guitar with distant reverb, building tension]  
*(spoken softly, almost whispered over faint feedback)*  
I don't know how to do this anymore...  
Every morning hits like a gunshot...  
*(voice cracks)*  
Without you...  

*(guitar swells, drums kick in with a heartbeat thud)*  
*(raw ad lib, half-sung/half-screamed:)*  
WAKE ME UP! (*echo: wake me up...*)  
IF YOU'RE NOT THERE...  

[Verse 1]  
I crawl out of this grave-called-bed  
Sun stabs like a knife in my chest  
Clock screams, nothing left  
Everything's dead  

I chase the day, fake the fight  
But wins taste like ash in my mouth  
Crowd screams my name tonight  
But it's yours I can't shout  

Yeaaayyyyeahhahh

[Pre-Chorus – quick, rising tension, vocals strained]  
I lie to the dark  
Say I'll be okay  
But I'm falling apart  
(*cracked ad lib: every fucking day...*)  

[Chorus]  
It's nothing, nothing, NOTHING!  
If I wake and you're gone  
Days bleed out, dreams rust away  
Your absence is my only song  
One day at a time  
I'm dying slow in this ache  
Every sunrise is a fucking lie  
Unless I wake up with you  
(*screamed ad lib: WITH YOU!*)  

[guitar solo]

[Verse 2]  
Throat raw from screaming your name  
Into amps that don't scream back  
Sold my soul for fleeting fame  
But I'd burn it all to have you back  

Yyyeehhheaaahyyeeah

[Pre-Chorus – quicker, more desperate]  
I swear to the void  
I'll make it somehow  
But I'm already destroyed  
(*whisper-scream ad lib: without you now...*)  

[Chorus]  
It's nothing, nothing, NOTHING!  
If your side of the bed is cold  
This life is dust, this heart is crushed  
Without your hand to hold  
One day at a time  
Counting breaths till I break  
(*broken whisper ad lib: please...*)  
Every morning's a mistake  
Unless I wake up with you  

[guitar build up]

[Bridge – full breakdown, raw desperation]  
I don't want tomorrow (*no!*)  
I don't want forever alone (*fuck forever!*)  
Trade every breath (*take 'em!*)  
For one more night in your arms  
(*sobbing scream: COME BACK!*)  

[Final Chorus – unhinged]  
NOTHING! NOTHING! NOTHING!  
This whole goddamn life's a lie  
If you're not here (*you're not here!*)  
I'm just waiting to die  
One day at a time  
Barely alive  
(*pleading ad lib: baby, please...*)  
Come back to me  
(*final broken scream: I BEG YOU!*)  

[Outro – fading, whispered over distortion]  
One day...  
Without you...  
Nothing...  
(*soft sob: nothing...*)

Post-Hardcore, Emo, Metalcore, Alternative Rock, Screamo, melodic, ballad, sad