ONE LIFE LEFT

[tempo: 126 bpm]
[key: D minor]
[vocals: female lead, male processed game voice]
[style: industrial, darkwave, edm, techno, horror synth, cinematic, distorted bass,
clock ticks, arcade beeps, glitch, female chant, male vocal, anthem chorus,
sidechain, reverse piano, choir stabs, tension build, dramatic]
🎼 LYRICS – ONE LIFE LEFT
[Intro – Energy 28 | arcade beeps + ticking]
(Glitchy male “game” voice)
“WELCOME, PLAYER.
CONTINUES: ZERO.
ONE LIFE LEFT.
PRESS START… IF YOU DARE.”

(Tape click, coin-in sound)

[Verse 1 – Energy 46 | tight half-rap female]
Scoreboard blinking above your head,
Every choice painted infrared.
Tiles on the floor spell “STEP OR DIE”,
Health bar drops every time you lie.

Joysticks wired to your veins,
Buttons mapped to all your shame.
You say, “It’s rigged, I can’t win this level”—
prove it to the room, not to the devil.

[Pre-Chorus – Energy 62 | rising drones, snare build]
Count your hearts, you’re down to none,
This is not a practice run.
Time’s a bomb on your last breath—
(choose a move that cheats out death).

[Chorus – Energy 88 | big chant, slight glitch]
One life left—
hear the sirens in your chest.
One life left—
every choice a loaded test.
One life left—
blink and lose the final bet.
If you want to beat this game—
show the pain you won’t forget.

(glitch echo: “l-life left… left… left…”)

[Post-Chorus Tag – Energy 72 | saw synth, chopped vox]
(Game voice)
“NO SAVE. NO PAUSE.
PLAY ON.”

[Verse 2 – Energy 56 | more aggressive rhythm]
Laser grids on the corridor walls,
Every dodge writes code in the halls.
Pressure plates hum under your feet,
Miss one beat and you’re deleted.

Ghosts of players that failed before,
High score list scratched into the door.
You say, “I’ve changed, I’m not the same”—
prove it to the system, not the shame.

[Pre-Chorus 2 – Energy 80 | heavier drums, glitch fills]
Weigh your fear like a stolen life,
Measure truth on the edge of a knife.
Time won’t care how much you’ve wept—
(choose the scar you’ll have left).

[Drop / Break – Energy 100 | EDM + arcade chaos]
[EDM DROP: razor bass, 8-bit arps, alarm risers]
(Game voice, chopped)
“PLAYER…
ONE.
NO…
CONTINUES.”

[Bridge – Energy 95 | half-time, crowd chant]
Left hand courage, right hand blame,
Which one keeps you in the game?
Glass screen cracking, pixels bleed,
How much hurt to earn your leave?

Voice: “Are you ready?”
Crowd: “ROLL THE DICE.”
Voice: “What’s the cost?”
Crowd: “NAME THE PRICE.”
Voice: “What remains?”
Crowd: “WHO I CHOOSE TONIGHT.”

[Final Chorus – Energy 92 | octave-up chants + glitches]
One life left—
hear the sirens in your chest.
One life left—
every choice a loaded test.
One life left—
blink and lose the final bet.
If you want to beat this game—
show the pain you won’t forget.

(tag, layered)
One life left—
one life l-left—
o-one life left…

[Outro – Energy 5 | tape slow, game over tone]
(Game voice, fading)
“GAME OVER…
OR START AGAIN?”

(single 8-bit “game over” note rings out, then silence)