Concrete Abyss

(A haunting,

low piano melody plays in a dark room.

Rain pours in the background.

Suddenly, a massive, blown-out trap bass hits like a physical punch.

Static cracles over the microphone.)

Yeah. I remember. I remember

the screaming. I

remember what you did to her.

Look at me now.

Look at us! Turn it up!

I was eight years old hiding under the sheets Hearing screams in

the hallway, the violence in the streets You put your hands on

my mam, broke her down to the bone Then you packed up

your shit and left us completely alone No food in the fridge,

just the tears on her face Had to watch my own mother

try to clean up the place And for five long years,

you were nowhere around While I was burying my head just to

block out the sound I cried every single night,

eyes burning and red Replaying the trauma,

wishes screaming in my head Crying over Jahseh,

crying over you

Two heavy heartbreaks tearing me in two!

(The beat explodes into maximum distortion,

pure screamo-rap rage) So get the hell back!

Get the fuck away!

You don't get to step into my house today!

Where the fuck were you when the tears wouldn't stop?!

When the pressure in my chest felt about to pop?!

You hurt my mom,

then you ran like a ghost Now we don't want you here

when we needed you most!

Get back! Get back!

We don't

want

you!

(Beat speeds up into an aggressive,

chaotic trap metal mosh-pit tempo)

Five years later, now you knock on the door?

Acting like you didn't leave her bleeding on the floor?

Acting like I didn't have to grow up too fast?

Nah, look at my eyes,

you're a curse from the past!

I used X's music just to cope with the scars

Screaming in my room,

trying to break through the bars Jahseh taught me how to fight

when the world is a lie And he taught me how to

stand when the cowards run and fly You think a simple "sorry"

fixes five years of pain?

Fixes all the nights Mam was crying in the rain?

Step the fuck back,

don't you touch that latch You're a match to the gasoline,

a toxic match!

(The drums cut out completely.

Only a heavy, clipping

bass rumble remains. The vocals are quiet

but venomous.) You broke her.

You left

me to cry in the

dark. But we survived without you.

Get the hell back.

Don't ever come back.

(The sound

of a door deadbolt snapping shut,

followed by complete silence.)