[Intro] [Switch to Female 1] Two left. I don’t get to keep anything in reserve. [Verse 1] [Switch to Female 1] I plant my feet in water that keeps climbing And open the third binding like a door I can’t close again The language comes out thicker this time Like it’s pulling pieces of me with every syllable The construct I choose feels it immediately Its limbs lock mid-reach Black energy folding inward against its will While something vital in my chest goes quiet [Pre-Chorus] [Switch to Female 1] This one doesn’t ask. It takes. I feel the lights inside me dim One by one [Chorus] [Switch to Female 1] I give what I can’t afford And the dark accepts the payment without comment One of them stops for good While I try to remember how to stay standing [Verse 2] [Switch to Female 1] My vision narrows to a single moving shape The remaining two are still coming But slower now, like they felt the loss I taste copper and old dust The second rite was a warning This one is the real invoice I stay on my feet through stubbornness alone The spear is gone. My hands are empty and shaking But the binding holds [Pre-Chorus] [Switch to Female 1] This one doesn’t ask. It takes. I feel the lights inside me dim One by one [Chorus] [Switch to Female 1] I give what I can’t afford And the dark accepts the payment without comment One of them stops for good While I try to remember how to stay standing [Bridge] [Switch to Male 1] You’re spending yourself too fast, seal. We can wait. [Switch to Female 1] I’m not doing this for speed. I’m doing it so there’s still something left to finish. [Chorus] [Switch to Female 1] I give what I can’t afford And the dark accepts the payment without comment One of them stops for good While I try to remember how to stay standing[Outro] [Switch to Female 1] One sealed. Two still hunting. And I just went quiet in places I need.
