System Failure (DꖾS x NEYUS)
Djent, Modern Metalcore / Heavy Post-Hardcore with cinematic and hyperpop elements. Heavy, down-tuned guitars with chugging riffs and melodic leads. Dynamic drums with breakdowns, double kicks, and half-time grooves. Atmospheric dark synth layers, drone sounds and vocal harmonies for depth. Clean male vocals (emotional, soaring) combined with harsh screams (impact-driven, not constant). Intro/Outro led by piano for intimacy, bridging into anthemic choruses that are catchy and powerful. Overall balance: introspective and reflective atmosphere contrasted with aggressive, raw energy.
System Failure (DꖾS x NEYUS)
Djent, Modern Metalcore / Heavy Post-Hardcore with cinematic and hyperpop elements. Heavy, down-tuned guitars with chugging riffs and melodic leads. Dynamic drums with breakdowns, double kicks, and half-time grooves. Atmospheric dark synth layers, drone sounds and vocal harmonies for depth. Clean male vocals (emotional, soaring) combined with harsh screams (impact-driven, not constant). Intro/Outro led by piano for intimacy, bridging into anthemic choruses that are catchy and powerful. Overall balance: introspective and reflective atmosphere contrasted with aggressive, raw energy.
Lyrics
#quiet_collapse
#emotional_overload
#too_much_pressure
#too_much_to_carry
© 2025, lyrics & arrangement by Sashariel
Project: DIVIDED HORIZONS (DꖾS) and NEYUS Crossover
('DHS'-Song with 'NEYUS'-vibes/instrumentals)
(Web: divided-horizons.de / neyus.net)
[Verse 1]
There’s a tension in the air
like a wire pulled too tight again.
I move like everything is normal
though I feel the cracks beneath my skin.
Every day’s a quiet battle,
every smile a held-in scream.
I tell myself to keep it steady
while the world keeps pulling at the seams.
[Pre-Chorus]
And I hear the pressure rising
like a fault line in my chest.
I keep holding back the shaking
hoping no one sees the rest.
[Chorus]
System failure
I’m tearing through the silence.
System failure
the calm is turning violent.
System failure
I’m losing every signal in my chest
and I’m breaking from within.
[Verse 2]
I keep walking through the noise,
pretending I can handle all this weight.
People say I look collected
but they never see the mess I have to brace.
Every thought hits like an echo,
every breath another try.
I wish I knew a way to slow it
but I’ve only learned to hide.
[Pre-Chorus]
And the pressure keeps on rising
like it’s written in my bones.
even when I’m sinking through the floor.
[Chorus]
System failure
I’m tearing through the silence.
System failure
the calm is turning violent.
System failure
I’m losing every signal in my chest
and I’m breaking from within.
[Bridge]
The world won’t hear the quiet ones
until the quiet starts to break.
We fracture in the shadows
long before we let them see our shake.
There’s a truth behind the trembling
that only rises in the fall.
The strength they think is silence
is the softest part of all.
[Breakdown]
System failure
System failure
System failure
The whole ground cracks beneath the weight.
(The whole ground cracks beneath the weight.)
[Final Chorus]
System failure
I’m tearing through the silence.
System Failure
the calm is turning violent.
System Failure
I’m losing every signal in my chest
and I’m breaking from within.
[Outro]
Static fades.
A single breath cuts out.
Silence returns.
(Silence)