🟧 Hollow Ritual - (2006) Anesthetics for Saints - Bleed Me Clean (female)
Mid-tempo 95 BPM 4/4 alt-metal groove, clean bell-like intro guitar, heartbeat kick, erupts into thick muted downstrokes, white female tenor vocal equal parts anguish and melody, mood: raw release, chorus stacked with three-part harmony, verse two adds ghost-note snare and reverse-cymbal swells, bridge drops to half-time reverb space before final lift. male singer, post-grunge, alt metal, melodic vocals, heavy guitars, emotional tone, 2006, dynamic contrast, layered harmonies
🟧 Hollow Ritual - (2006) Anesthetics for Saints - Bleed Me Clean (female)
Mid-tempo 95 BPM 4/4 alt-metal groove, clean bell-like intro guitar, heartbeat kick, erupts into thick muted downstrokes, white female tenor vocal equal parts anguish and melody, mood: raw release, chorus stacked with three-part harmony, verse two adds ghost-note snare and reverse-cymbal swells, bridge drops to half-time reverb space before final lift. male singer, post-grunge, alt metal, melodic vocals, heavy guitars, emotional tone, 2006, dynamic contrast, layered harmonies
Lyrics
Intro (clean delay guitar, heartbeat kick)
Verse 1
empty rooms hum with fluorescent guilt
skin remembers every accidental cut
echoes drape over me like wilt
bruises bloom where the secrets shut
Pre-Chorus
if TRUTH is a scalpel, carve it SLOW
Chorus 1 (crashing chords, triple-harmony lift)
BLEED me CLEAN, let the venom STREAM
rip the roots of misery straight out of my DREAM
wash the stain from bone and screen
until the hurt runs CLEAR, BLEED me CLEAN
Verse 2
shiver-glass words held behind my teeth
jagged confessions taste like tin
your eyes, a mirror i can’t breathe
tell me where forgiveness begins
Pre-Chorus 2
pain is a compass pointing HOME
Chorus 2 (added octave, cymbal shimmer)
BLEED me CLEAN, drain the static SCENE
scrape regrets like rust from the engine of my MEAN
let the silence intervene
til the pulse turns pure, BLEED me CLEAN
Bridge (half-time, reverb-soaked whispers)
strip away the signal, leave the noise behind
every scar a roadmap, every tear a sign
Guitar Solo (continues, builds, climax)
Chorus 3 (full-throttle, ride bell accents)
BLEED me CLEAN, burn the nightmare GREEN
peel the pages where the softer words had BEEN
i’ll surface serene, unseen
with an unstained scream, BLEED me CLEAN
Outro (ringing feedback, kick fades)