The Overgrowth
Alternative rock with pop-punk influences. Distorted electric guitars play palm-muted power chords in the verses and open, ringing chords in the chorus. A clean electric guitar provides melodic counterpoint with arpeggiated figures. The bass guitar follows the kick drum with driving eighth-note patterns. Drums feature a heavy backbeat with prominent crash cymbal accents and sixteenth-note hi-hat patterns. Vocals are a clean, melodic male tenor with layered harmonies in the chorus. The tempo is 160 BPM in the key of G# minor.
The Overgrowth
Alternative rock with pop-punk influences. Distorted electric guitars play palm-muted power chords in the verses and open, ringing chords in the chorus. A clean electric guitar provides melodic counterpoint with arpeggiated figures. The bass guitar follows the kick drum with driving eighth-note patterns. Drums feature a heavy backbeat with prominent crash cymbal accents and sixteenth-note hi-hat patterns. Vocals are a clean, melodic male tenor with layered harmonies in the chorus. The tempo is 160 BPM in the key of G# minor.
Lyrics
Verse 1
Moss is growing over everything we said
Flowers blooming in the wreckage of my bed
You’re the winter frost that’s killing off the green
The coldest beauty that I’ve ever seen
Got me breathless, gasping for the light
Like a dying star in the middle of the night
You steal my innocence and plant a seed of doubt
I’m a hollow tree that you’re burning out
Hook
One look and I’m sold, under your control
A lovesick melody that’s haunting my soul
You’re the thorns in my skin, the rose in my chest
Burying my heart while I’m laid to rest
'Cause you only want the one you can't have
And love isn’t always fair
You’re the best romance I never had
My beautiful, dark despair
Verse 2
Lay me down in the dirt beneath your feet
Where the bitter and the beautiful finally meet
You’re the gardener of every secret scar
Tending to the damage that made me who we are
I’m a hollow shell, I’m a ritual of grief
Looking for the ghost of a moment’s peace
But you’re the thorns that are tightening their hold
Turning my heart into something silver and cold
Hook
One look and I’m sold, under your control
A lovesick melody that’s haunting my soul
You’re the thorns in my skin, the rose in my chest
Burying my heart while I’m laid to rest
'Cause you only want the one you can't have
And love isn’t always fair
You’re the best romance I never had
My beautiful, dark despair
Instrmental/ Guitar Solo
Bridge
You always want the one you can’t have
Well, I’m right here, but I’m fading fast
Just a silhouette in the garden of your past
A lovesick melody that wasn't built to last
So give me what you give, never let it stop
Even if I’m falling from the very top
It’s not fair, no, it’s never been fair
But I’ll breathe you in like poison in the air
Final Hook
One look and I’m sold, under your control
A lovesick melody that’s haunting my soul
You’re the thorns in my skin, the rose in my chest
Burying my heart while I’m laid to rest
'Cause you only want the one you can't have
And love isn’t always fair
You’re the best romance I never had
My beautiful, dark despair
Outro
(Layered vocals drifting in and out like a choir)
Lay me down...
Let the moss grow over...
Breathe it in...
Let the winter take over...
One look and I’m sold...
One kiss and I’m cold...
(Repeated as the trap beat becomes more distorted and heavy)
It’s not fair...
It’s not fair...
(Everything is withered)