Vortex!!

Lyrics

[Verse 1 - Brittle piano notes, distant radio static, uneasy whispered vocals]
I took one step and the floor gave way,
Like the room had been waiting for me to stay.
The lights flickered once, then forgot my name,
And the air went cold with a borrowed flame.
Every door in the hall was already wide,
But none of them led where I thought I’d arrive.
Something moved in the walls, out of sight,
Like a breath held back for a very long night.

[Pre-Chorus - Rising tension, low drone, trembling layered harmonies]
I tried to turn back, but the road turned too,
And the shadows leaned in like they knew what to do.
My hands were my own, but they wouldn’t obey,
Like a tide in my chest dragging me away.

[Chorus - Dark, pulsing beat, distorted bass, strained vocal lift]
I’m being pulled under, pulled into the bend,
Past the point where the warning signs end.
Something unseen has its fingers in me,
And I can’t tell if I’m falling or free.
It’s out of control, it’s under my skin,
A door in the dark that keeps opening in.
I hear my name in a voice not mine,
And I follow the sound every time.

[Verse 2 - Sparse percussion, warped synths, eerie doubled vocals]
The streetlights stuttered like a nervous eye,
As the sky folded low and the birds all died.
I saw my reflection move half a beat too late,
Like a stranger learning to imitate.
The clocks all laughed in a fractured tone,
And the walls grew teeth in the static glow.
I wanted to scream, but the sound came wrong,
Like a hymn from a place I had never belonged.

[Pre-Chorus - Building pressure, swelling pads, ghostly harmonies, Wailing synths]
I could feel it there in the back of my mind,
A patient hand on the edge of time.
The harder I ran, the deeper it grew,
And the more I resisted, the less I knew.

[Chorus - Larger, more chaotic, pounding drums, unsettling gang vocals]
I’m being pulled under, pulled into the bend,
Past the point where the warning signs end.
Something unseen has its fingers in me,
And I can’t tell if I’m falling or free.
It’s out of control, it’s under my skin,
A door in the dark that keeps opening in.
I hear my name in a voice not mine,
And I follow the sound every time.

[Bridge - Stripped back, haunting piano, breathy fragile lead vocal]
If I let go, will it let me breathe?
Or is this the shape of what’s left of me?
I’m not the same as I was before,
But I can’t find the key to the hidden door.
So I stand in the hush where the echoes stay,
And wait for the night to carry me away.

[Final Chorus - Explosive, distorted textures, layered vocals, feverish intensity, pulsing synths]
I’m being pulled under, pulled into the bend,
Past the point where the warning signs end.
Something unseen has its fingers in me,
And I can’t tell if I’m falling or free.
It’s out of control, it’s under my skin,
A door in the dark that keeps opening in.
I hear my name in a voice not mine,
And I follow the sound every time.

[Outro - Fading static, distant heartbeat, eerie reverb-soaked vocals]
Every step I take, it takes two more,
And I don’t know what I’m walking toward.
The night keeps calling from somewhere below—
And I’m already gone before I know...