Wasted Life
Lyrics
[Intro - eerie synth pads, distant heartbeat, whispered static, detuned guitar swells]
In the house where the ceiling knows my name,
I sit in the dark with my last breath flame.
Cancer in my bones like a rusted chain,
And the walls keep watching while I count the pain.
[Verse 1 - cold synthwave pulse, low distorted bass, clean vocals with a cracked edge]
I was built from the dust of a working man,
Hands like steel and a heart that never learned to stand.
Always first to answer, always last to sleep,
Carried everybody else while I sank in deep.
Friends at the door with their broken plans,
I gave them my time, my blood, my hands.
Family called, and I came running blind,
Left my own life bleeding just to save their time.
[Pre-Chorus - tension rising, layered screams, driving kick drum, electric guitars swelling]
And when I needed someone, when I reached for air,
They had a thousand reasons, but nobody cared.
“I’m busy.” “I’m tired.” “I can’t right now.”
Their voices in my memory still haunt me somehow.
[Chorus - explosive metalcore chorus, massive drums, soaring synth leads, harsh gang vocals]
I gave it all, I gave it away,
Bleeding my life just to hear them say
They’d be there for me when my world fell apart,
But they left me alone in a dying heart.
Used me up, then tossed me aside,
Like yesterday’s trash in the dead of night.
Now I see through the lies, now I feel the sting,
I was a fool for everything.
[Verse 2 - rap cadence over industrial bass, chopped vocals, tense synth arps]
Yeah, I was the call at 3 A.M.,
The ride in the rain, the last breath then.
Paid the rent, fixed the car, held the line,
Took every hit so they could shine.
And I never asked for a throne or crown,
Just a hand when the whole damn world shut down.
But the room went cold when my body broke,
And the ones I saved just ghosted, smoked.
Now I’m in this chair where I learned to dream,
Hearing old laughter through a cancer scream.
Two voices in my skull, they fight and spit—
“You got played.” “No, they’d never do that shit.”
[Pre-Chorus - escalating chaos, dissonant leads, gang shouts, snare build]
One says, “You were a sucker, blind and sweet.”
One says, “They loved you, they’d never leave.”
They yell in circles, clawing my brain,
Till the whole damn house starts shaking with shame.
[Breakdown - crushing downtuned guitars, blast beats, screamed vocals, synth stabs]
SHUT UP!
I’m done with the lies in my head tonight!
SHUT UP!
I can’t keep bleeding for the dead inside!
SHUT UP!
Hear me now, hear me scream through the pain—
I was never their hero, I was their chain!
[Bridge - stripped back piano, distant ambient synth, trembling clean vocal]
And in the silence, I finally see,
They took my love and they buried me.
I built their worlds with my shaking hands,
Now I’m the ghost in the house I planned.
All those years, all that time I gave,
Only to end up alone in the grave.
[Final Chorus - full band, soaring synthwave lead, harsh and clean vocals layered, anthemic and tragic]
I gave it all, I gave it away,
Bleeding my life just to hear them say
They’d be there for me when my world fell apart,
But they left me alone in a dying heart.
Used me up, then tossed me aside,
Like yesterday’s trash in the dead of night.
Now I see through the lies, now I know the sting,
I was a fool for everything.
[Outro - heartbeat fading, one last gunshot crack, reverb-drenched whisper, synths dissolving]
The voices fade... the room goes still...
One last breath... one last chill...
A shot rings out in the house I grew...
Then the heartbeat slows... and leaves me too...