[Title: My Own Soldier] [Intro | Chords: Am- Dmaj7 A(add9) -Em -F| Atmospheric Piano | Long Reverb | Soft Granular Textures] I was tracing outlines in the dust we became Holding silent postcards that forgot my name The hallway of echoes kept calling me back Till I saw my shadow walking off the map [Chords: Am- Dma -Em -F| | Minimal Progressive Groove | Deep Sub Bass Slowly Entering] Every promise folded like a paper machine Floating down a river I was never meant to lead I kept borrowing courage from the stars overhead While a hundred second chances disappeared instead The mirror wore a stranger with my weary eyes Carrying whole winters underneath his smile I was waiting for a rescue that would never arrive 'Til I heard a quiet thunder rising inside [Pre-Chorus | Chords: Am- Dm -Em -F| Filter Opening | NTO Style Arpeggio Building] No banners in the sky No miracle tonight Just a pulse awakening Beneath the ruin and light [Chorus | Chords: Am- Dm -Em -F| | Full Progressive Drop | Supersaws | Piano | Melodic Bass | Wide Atmospheres] I'm my own soldier now Standing where I drowned Building from the pieces that the storm left scattered round I'm my own soldier now No kingdom, no crown Just a heart still breathing when the world tried to pull it down And every scar I carry Draws a pathway through the dark I became the shelter I was searching for from the start [Post Chorus | Deadmau5 Style Arpeggio | Chords: A A D D A A E E | Stereo Delay] Oh-oh-oh My own soldier Oh-oh-oh My own soldier [Verse 2 | Chords: F#m D A E | Deep Melodic Bass Lead] The road was made of questions and unfinished goodbyes With abandoned constellations fading out of sight But the weight I kept dragging slowly loosened its hold Like leaves surrendering softly before the cold There were chapters I protected though they poisoned the page Dreams I locked inside a room and guarded like a cage Now the windows are open and the air finally moves And the silence isn't empty, it's teaching me the truth [Pre-Chorus | Progressive Build | Rising Harmonics] No footsteps guiding me No voice to intervene Only this steady fire Burning underneath [Chorus | Chords: A D A E | Expanded Vocal Layers] I'm my own soldier now Standing where I drowned Building from the pieces that the storm left scattered round I'm my own soldier now No kingdom, no crown Just a heart still breathing when the world tried to pull it down And every scar I carry Draws a pathway through the dark I became the shelter I was searching for from the start [Breakdown | Chords: Am E D A | Piano Only | Pads | No Kick | Emotional Peak] When the horizon vanished I learned to read the night When every door was closing I learned that I could rise [Build Up | Am Am D E | Rising Arpeggio | Filter Sweep | White Noise Lift | Increasing Energy] [Final Chorus | Full Cinematic Arrangement | Massive Atmospheres | Harmony Vocals | NTO Emotional Lift] I'm my own soldier now Louder than my doubts Turning all the damage into something I'm proud about I'm my own soldier now Nothing left to hide Every step I've taken brought the strength I have inside And every scar I carry Shines like markers in the dark I became the shelter I was searching for from the start [Extended Outro Chorus | Deadmau5 Style Repetition] I'm my own soldier My own soldier I'm my own soldier now I'm my own soldier My own soldier I'm my own soldier now [Outro Am- Dm -Em -F /Piano Fade | Long Reverb Tail] No rescue came So I became one
