Sandcastle

Lyrics

[Intro - distant 808 bounce, soft chopped vocal sample, low male hum]

[Verse 1 – Male – mid-tempo trap drums, whisper-rap over vinyl crackle]
We both came in broken, bandages under our clothes
Swore we’d never open, still left the window cracked though
You trace my old scars, I flinch when your fingers get close
Love in the same breath you use to reload

[Pre-Chorus – Female – layered harmonies, rising hi-hats]
I see the way you look when my phone lights up at night
Same look I wore when he lied and said he’d changed overnight
We keep circling the same land-mines we planted before
Calling it passion when it’s really just war

[Chorus – Male & Female trading lines – dark emo-rap hook, side-chained 808s, distant choir pads]
I love you but I don’t trust you, don’t trust me either
We’re healing and hurting in the same breath, neither
Wants to be the first to put the weapons down
So we reload every time the other comes around
I love you but I don’t trust you, don’t trust me either

[Verse 2 – Female – pitched vocals, trap hats doubled]
You say I’m projecting, I say you deflecting
Both of us collecting receipts we never sent yet
I check your location while you screenshot my texts
We’re two open wounds still convinced the other’s infected

[Pre-Chorus 2 – Male – building tension, distorted 808 slides]
Every “where you been” turns into “who you with”
Every “I’m fine” turns into another guilt trip
We keep promising tomorrow like tomorrow’s not cursed
Same cycle, same verse, just different hurt

[Build – both voices overlapping, beat stripping to kick and snare]

[Drop / Metalcore Breakdown – aggressive 808 replaced by heavy acoustic drums, distorted electric guitars, screamed traded lines]
Male (screamed): You’re doing it again!
Female (screamed): So are you!
Male: I never lied like he did!
Female: I never ran like she did!
Both: We’re becoming everything we said we’d never do!

[Bridge – beat collapses, somber 3/4 piano and muted guitar, vulnerable half-sung rap]
Maybe we’re just mirrors with the same cracks
Trying to fix each other with the pieces we lack
I still see forever when I look at you
But forever’s getting harder when the past keeps coming through

[Final Chorus – Male & Female, back to chopped rap beat, slower tempo, exhausted delivery]
I love you but I don’t trust you, don’t trust me either
We’re healing and hurting in the same breath, neither
Wants to be the first to say “let’s try again”
So we stay in the loop, two beautiful people with pain
I love you… but I don’t trust you… don’t trust me either…

[Outro – fading 808s, reversed guitar, distant overlapping whispers]
Can we fix it… or just repeat it…
Can we fix it… or just repeat it…