The only reason I haven't put this out there as a true song is because I don't have anything to make it 😕
The music will be attempted to be written in by parentheses to give you an idea of what it should sound like. I take a lot of inspiration from a band called Breaking Benjamin and DAGames so it's supposed to sound almost like a mix between 'Instruments of Cyanide' and 'Tourniquet'.
Anyways it's from the graphic novel/book that I plan to publish soon (I haven't revealed any art here yet lol) and it is the POV of one of my characters named Harper/Star, who is a singer/songwriter in a band but her record label manager (who's named Vinix) is an abusive jerk (gives Valentino from Hazbin Hotel vibes 😭)
Welp here it is:
Italics: Vinix
Normal: Harper/Star (her stage name)
Bold: Both
Hearts In the Shadows (by meeee)
(Soft intro — instruments of cyanide-esque if you know that song)
[Verse 1]
Twists and turns and spirals around
Inching closer to the ground
Watching me with eyes of sin
Unbeknownst to the hate I deal within (with him?)
(Small pause, quiet bassline)
[Verse 2]
Magenta lights to deep red sparks
Purple, green, and dark blue marks
Escape is false like stolen love
The stairway is farther than a wedding dove [note holds before pause]
(Break — intro into instrumental explosion 💥)
[Chorus]
Hearts in the shadows
Binding me with violet smoke
Hearts in the shadows
The broken wings of freedom no one knows
Hearts in the shadows...
Rosy lenses watching close
Hearts in the shadows...
Bring me down, I'm nothing more than shows
(Very short instrumental break)
[Verse 3]
Spotlights shine up on the stage
He traps me here within my cage
Iridescent feathers gleaming bright
I can't go down without a fight
[Verse 4]
Once I'm in I'm never out
Stuck inside the bars of shame
Red and pink, the colors say
He's watching close, breathing my name
[Bridge]
I'm falling down
I'm wringing out
The stream of tears rolling down my face
I'm holding on
I'm drowning in
The pit of fame and pain and sin
You're lashing out
I'm falling down
You're bringing down the world I've made for you
I'm holding on
(Spoken) You've ruined everything.
[Chorus]
Hearts in the shadows
Binding me with violet smoke
Hearts in the shadows
The broken wings of freedom no one knows
Hearts in the shadows
Rosy lenses watching close
Hearts in the shadows
Bring me (you) down I'm (you're) nothing more than shows...
[Verse 5]
Spotlights fade away from the stage
The wideness calling, from this place
Evading his trap within this cage
A pet no more I'm broken, built again
[Bridge]
I'm crawling out
I'm wiping away
The stream of tears down my face
I'm holding on
I'm coming from
The pit of fame and pain and sin
You're lashing out
I'm climbing out
You're bringing down the world I've made for you
I'm holding on
(Spoken) You're destroying everything I've given you!
I'm crawling out
I'm wiping away
The stream of tears down my face
I'm holding on
I'm coming from
The pit of fame and pain and sin
(Instrumental break and guitar solo bc rockkk before it turns very quiet and sad, suddenly soft)
Hearts (pause) in the shadows
Binding me with violet smoke
Hearts (pause) in the shadows (trail off)
The broken wings of freedom never come
Hearts... in the shadows
Rosy lenses watching close
Hearts... in the shadows
Bring me down I'm nothing more than shows...
(Instruments fade out, end of song)
Weeeee a random songgggggg if it sucked please tell me lol
Though I did try to keep the lyrics slightly abstract almost like Led Zeppelin. :3 Maybe someday I'll actually get the stuff I need to make the music and put it out there once I publish my graphic novel 🙏🙏
Thank y'all for reading :D
