Encore for the Damned

[Verse 1 – Soft & haunting]
Spotlight hits the cracks in me
You never saw the tragedy
Played your part, kept your mask
I broke in silence, you never asked

Told myself to breathe real slow
Even when I felt the undertow
I was a whisper in your storm
Till the day I came undone

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[Chorus – Sung]
This is your encore for the damned
Curtain call with trembling hands
Now that I’m gone, you finally stand
But I was dying in the stands
You love me more now that I’m gone
So here’s your fucking song

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[Verse 2 – Spoken word begins, intensity rising]
Funny, isn’t it?
You ghosted every cry for help
But now you post quotes and wear my name
Where was that love when I screamed into my pillow at 2 AM?

Where were your prayers
When my hands were shaking on the bathroom sink?
You only showed up
When I disappeared

You wrote me off like a song that didn’t rhyme
Now I’m the verse stuck in your spine
I was never your favorite
’Til I became your regret

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[BREAKDOWN – Screamed]
NOW YOU CLAP?! NOW YOU STAND?!
YOU ONLY LOVED ME WHEN I SLIPPED FROM YOUR HANDS!
THIS ISN’T GRIEF, IT’S A SHOW!
YOU NEVER CARED — YOU JUST DIDN’T WANNA KNOW!

I BURNED WHILE YOU WATCHED FROM YOUR PEWS
CALLED ME LOST, THEN STOLE MY TRUTH
YOU MADE ME INVISIBLE, THEN MADE ME A LEGEND
YOU WERE TOO LATE TO BE REDEMPTION

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[Bridge – Whispered]
You love me more now that I’m gone…
So here’s your fucking song.

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[Final Chorus – Cracked vocals]
This is your encore for the damned
Played my pain like it was planned
Now that I’m dust, you understand
But I was drowning where I stood
And no one thought I ever could
You love me more now that I’m gone…
So here’s your encore.

male, Hard rock/nu-metal suicide note anthem with haunting vocals, fast spoken word, heavy screams and viral breakdown