Sandcastles

[Verse I – soft, piano + distant guitar echoes]
Sometimes I wake up and…
I still feel you lying next to me…
A tear runs down, across my face…
On my lips, only the taste of salt…

[Pre-Chorus – guitars slowly enter, drums building]
And you… the one who ripped my heart apart.
And you… who burned away all of my fire.
The flame inside… kept on burning…
But you… put it out with cold hands…

[Chorus – full band + layered emo choirs]
Sorry, it’s just that—
The world keeps turning, it never stops.
Spinning around, it makes my head collapse.
Slowly turning… into a world of sand (ahh).
The wind collects it… and carries it away (away).

[Verse II – clean guitars + electronic textures]
I built these fragile walls…
To hide inside a castle made of sand.
A shelter, a delicate fortress…
Where my soul is locked away (ahhh).

[Bridge – darker, electronic rock + whispered backing vocals]
And I still don’t know why you… did this.
This demolition tearing down my heart…
Tell me, am I just a game?

[Breakdown / Call & Response – choirs + layered vocals]
Tell me, tell me… what am I to you?
Tell me, tell me… am I just a game?
For you, for you… nothing but a game.
A game… (a game… a game).

[Chorus – heavier, with soaring backing vocals]
The world keeps turning, it never stops.
Spinning around, it makes my head collapse.
Slowly turning… into a world of sand (ahh).
The wind collects it… and carries it away.

[Instrumental – guitars + drums + choir “ahhh”]

[Verse III – stripped, emotional, then building up]
With you and your knife—
You cut me, you tear me open.
My corrupted soul, the sand of time…
The walls I built… they all collapsed.
My defenses, my love… all have fallen…

[Final Chorus – huge, layered choirs + band at full power]
The world keeps turning, it never stops!
Spinning around, it makes my head collapse!
And with that smile that made me blush…
And with that voice that made me dream…
In the end—it was nothing but illusion…

[Outro – choir fading, guitars echoing, electronic reverb]
…just an illusion…
…just a game…

Alternative R&B
Dark pop
Emotional / confessional
Rock
male
Dark rock
Nu metal