Devour

(rap, Alt-pop / hip-hop war anthem with male vocals; low, ominous verses over cinematic toms, distant choirs, and distorted down-tuned guitars. Choruses explode with gang shouts, stacked octave vocals, and sub drops that suck the air out. Tension builds from heartbeat-like kicks and sparse drones into a massive final hook with extra chants and rising guitar feedback., pop, male vocals, deep, hip-hop)

Quiet now

Don’t fight it

Feel it crawl

Inside it

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I felt it scratching under my skin

Soft at first, now it’s settling in

Every fracture opened a door

Now it’s breathing where I was before

Tried to name it, tried to resist

But it speaks in a voice I missed

Every fear that I buried deep

Now it’s mine, now it’s mine to keep

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I don’t know where I end anymore (yeah)

Every line’s getting harder to draw

It was knocking, now it’s in my chest

And it beats like it knows me best

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I devour

Every doubt, every piece I denied

I devour

All the parts that I tried to hide

Let it crawl, let it stay, let it swallow me whole

If I’m losing myself, then I’m taking control

I devour

(I devour, I devour, I devour)

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No more running, I let it speak

Every version of me it keeps

All the anger I locked away

Now it sharpens the words I say

I was splitting to stay alive

Now I’m whole in a darker design

Every shadow I used to fear

Now it moves when I pull it near

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I don’t flinch when it says my name (hey)

I don’t push it away the same

If it’s part of the blood I bleed

Then it’s part of the thing I’ll be

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I devour

Every doubt, every piece I denied

I devour

All the parts that I tried to hide

Let it crawl, let it stay, let it swallow me whole

If I’m losing myself, then I’m taking control

I devour

(I devour, I devour, I devour)

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Teeth in the mirror

Eye in my throat

Hands on the version of me that I broke

If I am the hunger, I don’t need to run

If I am the fire, I don’t need the sun

If I am the thing that I tried to outrun—

Then I’ve already won

I devour

Every doubt, every piece I denied

I devour

Now the dark is the place I reside

Let it burn, let it bloom, let it take what it needs

I don’t fight it anymore—I let it feed

I devour

(I devour… I devour… I—)