Cold Ashes (Phantom Shine)

(Intro - 0:00 - 0:28)

(Slow, distorted melodic piano, heavy reverb, whispering vocal)

(Whispered, pitched down) If you loved me...

(Vocal chops, glitchy) If-if-if you love... me...

(Heavy synth pad swells in)

If you loved me then

How was it easy to let me go?

Just another memory on your shelf

A story you could easily forget...

(Cello/Bass starts pulsing, building up)

I gave you all the fire I had

But I was dancing in a blizzard alone

I was holding onto a spark

That was never, never...

(Build Up - 0:28 - 0:42)

(Snare rolls faster, glitch-pop vocal stutter)

...never really there.

No-no-never there.

You told me I was your—

You told me I was your—

(Vocal pitch rises rapidly)

E-E-EVERYTHING!

(Riser noise, abrupt silence for 0.5s)

(Drop 1 - 0:42 - 1:10)

(Aggressive, melodic dubstep drop - heavy distorted saw bass, melodic screech, fast-paced trap drums)

(Vocal Shout - Distorted): NOW THE ASHES ARE COLD!

(Rage synth bass)

YOU NEVER LOVED ME!

(Glitch sound)

ME-ME-ME-ME!

YOU NEVER LOVED ME!

(Drop continues with high-pitched melody over heavy bass)

YOU NEVER LOVED ME!

(Verse 2 - 1:10 - 1:25)

(Beat strips back to just heavy sub-bass and snapped snare, faster delivery)

If you loved me, you would have stayed

And fought the storm for us

Instead of letting me go

I’m looking back at a picture

That is burning at the edges

A hollow promise you made

A fire that you knew would go...

(Build Up - 1:25 - 1:39)

(Rising synth, drums accelerating)

...Out.

Go out.

Go-Go-Go-Go!

(Aggressive scream) FIGHT THE STORM!

(Heavy riser, cut to silence)

(Drop 2 - 1:39 - 2:07)

(Heavier, more glitchy than Drop 1)

(Vocal Shout): I'M BURNING AT THE EDGES!

YOU NEVER LOVED ME!

(Chopped vocal sample: LO-LO-LO-LOVED)

YOU NEVER LOVED ME!

(Drop continues)

ASHES! ARE! COLD!

(Bridge - 2:07 - 2:35)

(Atmospheric, dark, heavy sub-bass drone, vocal is echoey and slow)

I’m still searching for the warmth...

In a house built on lies...

Was I just a temporary light...

In your long... dark... night?

(Sudden fast-paced, high-hat roll kicks in, vocal speeds up, desperate)

I wasted all my breath

Trying to make a phantom shine!

MAKE A PHANTOM SHINE!

MAKE A PHANTOM SHINE!

(Build Up - 2:35 - 2:50)

(Maximalist build up, glitchy vocal fragments)

Never... loved... me...

NEVER! LOVED! ME!

E-E-EVERYTHING!

(Scream): IT WAS NEVER TRUE!

(Longer silence, building suspense)

(Final Drop / Outro - 2:50 - 3:20)

(Melodic Dubstep / Rage combo, heaviest part of the song)

YOU NEVER LOVED ME!

YOU NEVER LOVED ME!

(Chopped vocal): ME! ME! ME! ME!

(Outro - music breaks into just distorted piano and vocal)

Now the ashes are cold...

(Vocal effect: Glitch/Distortion)

Loved me...

Never loved me...

(Sudden drop to silence)

...Goodbye.

(Long pause, final faint distorted sub-bass note)