Fear Runs Cold

Verse 1:  
I lit the fuse with my reckless pride  
Smiled while the world slid to the side  
Now silence screams inside my brain  
The blood streams in the rain  

Pre-Chorus:  
I played god with a twisted smile  
Now I choke on the wrath all the while 

Chorus:  
Fear runs cold — through my fractured bones  
Demons feast on what I’ve sown  
Trapped in a mirror — truth unfolds  
The price was high, and now I’m sold  
Fear runs cold — beneath my skin  
This nightmare’s mine, and I let it grin

Verse 2:  
They warned me not to cross that line  
But I carved it deep — said “It’s all fine”  
Now shadows claw the walls I built  
Drenched in regret, drowning in guilt  

Pre-Chorus:  
I screamed loud, now I whisper low  
Can't rewind what I didn’t know  

Chorus:  
Fear runs cold — through fractured bones  
My demons feast on what I’ve sown  
Trapped in a mirror — truth unfolds  
The price was high, and now I’m sold  
Fear runs cold — beneath the skin  
This nightmare’s mine, and I let it grin

Bridge:  
I’m the architect of dismay  
No hope, no light, just disarray  
Every breath slowly collapses  
Barb-wired to my past, time elapses  

Breakdown (optional growl):  
Cold… I feel 
Sharp and surreal  
My fate is sealed  
This pain is real  

Final Chorus:  
Fear runs cold — it never sleeps  
It haunts the hole that secrets keep  
Can’t run, can’t fight, can’t pretend  
I’m the beginning... and the end  
Fear runs cold — the truth is clear  
It’s not the world — it’s me I fear

Punk / Metal