GHOSTFACE EXILES X タヤ999 — "HELLBOUND PARADOX" (UNCUT)

[Intro]
Red marks crawling up the apartment wall
Bottle caps ring when the night starts to call
I keep one eye shut, one hand on the lock
Something in the hallway learned how to knock

[Verse 1]
Basement heat, old coat, rain through the vent
Every good promise came back bent
Blue flash folding through the blinds again
I count my breaths, then I count to ten

Pill bottle rattles in a paper bag
Bad ideas stitched in a body bag
You said, “Come outside,” I said, “Not tonight”
There’s a deadbolt singing underneath the light

[Pre-Chorus]
I hear your name in the plumbing pipes
I see red when the room goes white
If I disappear, don’t follow the sound
The floorboards know what I buried underground

[Chorus]
Drag me down where the sirens fade
I made a throne from the mess I made
Teeth clenched tight, let the whole thing crack
If the dark wants in, I’m not turning back

Drag me down, let the cheap walls shake
Every scar is a choice I made
Scream so high that the ceiling splits
I’m still here with my counterfeit heart in bits

[Verse 2]
Black tape wrapped around the old TV
Static stains where you used to be
I leave one chair facing the open door
But nobody sits there anymore

Fast feet tapping like a code in the hall
Three short knocks, then the silence falls
Guitar bite cutting through the kitchen tile
I’ve been dead inside for a little while

[Bridge]
[Telephone Vocal]
Don’t pick up, don’t let it through
The voice on the line sounds just like you

[Demonic Vocal]
I know the place where your fear sleeps
I know the promise your silence keeps

[Breakdown]
Rip the wires from the ceiling
Let the ceiling hear me screaming
No clean hands, no safe ground
Turn the whole room upside down

[Final Chorus]
Drag me down where the sirens fade
I made a throne from the mess I made
Teeth clenched tight, let the whole thing crack
If the dark wants in, I’m not turning back

Drag me down, let the cheap walls shake
Every scar is a choice I made
Scream so high that the ceiling splits
I’m still here with my counterfeit heart in bits

[Outro]
Bottle caps stop
The hallway clears
One last knock
Then nobody hears