NOTHINGNESS
Modern Nu-metal with elements of post-grunge, The track features a baritone male vocal that transitions from clean, melodic delivery to aggressive, distorted growls, Wah wah guitar riffs Instrumentation consists of heavily distorted electric guitars playing thick power chords and palm-muted riffs, a prominent electric bass with a gritty tone, and a drum kit with a punchy snare and frequent double-kick patterns, The tempo is 120 BPM in 4/4 time, The arrangement utilizes dynamic shifts between stripped-back melodic sections and high-intensity choruses with layered vocal harmonies and sustained guitar feedback
NOTHINGNESS
Modern Nu-metal with elements of post-grunge, The track features a baritone male vocal that transitions from clean, melodic delivery to aggressive, distorted growls, Wah wah guitar riffs Instrumentation consists of heavily distorted electric guitars playing thick power chords and palm-muted riffs, a prominent electric bass with a gritty tone, and a drum kit with a punchy snare and frequent double-kick patterns, The tempo is 120 BPM in 4/4 time, The arrangement utilizes dynamic shifts between stripped-back melodic sections and high-intensity choruses with layered vocal harmonies and sustained guitar feedback
Lyrics
Keep main vocal as recorded
Never change or re-interpret main vocal
Never change register or notes of main vocal
Build around main vocal never replace it
Verse 1
clean electric guitar arpeggio, melodic male vocals
She says I'm useless, calls me names
Forgets I'm drowning in her flames
I beg for calm, I beg for peace
But all she gives is one more piece
Of hell inside this house of glass
Where love was buried in the past
Chorus
distorted guitar power chords, driving drums
I used to think I could make her see
The man I was before I ceased to be
I'm just a broken man living on borrowed time
Calling the wreck of her storm again
Pretending it's fine every word she throws
Just becomes another scar
And I'm wondering who the hell we are
[growled vocals] A broken man, a broken mess
Fading away into nothingness
Nothingness, nothingness
[screamed] Into nothingness!
Verse 2
clean guitar arpeggio, bass-heavy rhythm
She hits when I'm sleeping, says it's my fault
I stay silent, she knows I won't talk
The peace never lasts, they're at it again
I smile so I don't feel the pain
But when I sleep, I fall apart
A ghost in the mirror with a broken heart
How did love become this cage?
How did comfort turn to rage?
Chorus
full distortion, heavy crash cymbals
I'm just a broken man living on borrowed time
Calling the wreck of her storm again
Pretending it's fine every word she throws
Becomes another scar and I'm still standing here alone
Wondering who the hell we are
A broken man, a broken mess
[growled vocals] A broken mess!
Fading away into nothingness
Nothingness, nothingness
[screamed] Into nothingness!
Bridge
drums drop to half-time, gritty bass
I recall the silence, the shouting too
Proof of the monster she's become and what she made me do
My body's tired, my faith is thin
The walls remember every sin
I whisper to the night, just let this end
Just let this end
[guttural growl] Just let this end!
Outro
melodic vocals, building guitar intensity
I'm still a broken man, but maybe I'll find my way
Out of the fire into the rain and wash this pain away
If I fall tonight, don't call my name
Just know I tried, I tried to stay
A broken man, a broken mess
Fading away into nothingness
Nothingness, nothingness
All I did was love you, all I did was stay
Now I'm the echo you created and I fade away
A broken man, a broken man
[screamed] Fading away, a broken mess!
Into nothingness
[guitar feedback] Nothingness
End song] [End] [Song stop