The Fire Remembers (Where the Soul Went Remix) Feat Sexy Kali

[Intro — whispered] I remember being someone... I think. There was warmth in my chest once. A name I answered to. A reason to open my eyes. But something came here before me... And took it all. [Female — ethereal melody] Raaah... leh-tee-laaa... Raaah... laah-tee-laa-dum... Hee-yaa... hee-yaa... Ooooh... [Verse 1 — low hollow baritone] I wore my skin like borrowed clothes, Walked through rooms where nobody knows The shape of a man who's already gone, Still breathing underneath the dawn. I learned that mercy has a price, And innocence don't make you right. They carved their lessons into my bones, Then left me somewhere I called home. Now every mirror looks away, Like even my reflection's ashamed. I open my mouth, but nothing comes— Just the sound of what I've become. [Female — soft harmony] Mmm... raaah-leh... Ooooh... laa-dum... [Pre-Chorus — building] And I don't know When I stopped feeling. I don't know What they left inside. I hear the world outside my window, But it sounds a million miles away. [Female — rising] Hee-yaa... hee-yaa... Can you hear me calling? Raaah-leh-tee-laaa... [Chorus — huge soulful rock] Something inside me died without a grave, No angel came, no hand was raised. They broke the part that wanted to believe, Then wondered why there was nothing left to save. I became the silence after the scream, The shadow standing where a man had been. If there was a soul inside of me... I don't know where it went. [Female — soaring] Raaah-leh-tee-laaaah... Raaah-laah-tee-laa-dum... Ooooh... aaah... [Verse 2 — darker] I stopped believing pain meant something. Stopped believing wrong from right. You can stare into the abyss so long You forget which side you're on at night. I watched good people turn their heads, Watched cowards call themselves kind. Watched every promise rot to nothing While I swallowed every lie. And somewhere underneath it all, There was a voice that begged me: [Female — intimate] Don't become them... Don't become them... [Male] But I was tired. So I buried that voice Where nobody could hear it. [Female — rising] Raaah... leh-tee... Raaah... leh-tee-laaa... Something still remains... [Pre-Chorus] [Male] Maybe I killed the part of me That still knew how to care. [Female] Hee-yaa-aaah... Still alive... [Male] Maybe I buried everything And left it lying there. [Female] Raaah-leh-tee-laaa... Hear the fire calling... [Chorus — heavier] Something inside me died without a grave, No angel came, no hand was raised. They broke the part that wanted to believe, Then wondered why there was nothing left to save. I became the silence after the scream, The shadow standing where a man had been. [Female — layered] Raaah-leh-tee-laaaah... Raaah-laah-tee-laa-dum... Hee-yaa... hee-yaa... [Bridge — sparse] [Male] Don't call me evil. You don't know what you made. Don't call me empty. You emptied me. Don't ask me why I don't feel your pain. I spent years feeling everybody else's. And now... There's nothing knocking From the other side. [Female — whisper] There is... There is... [Male] What? [Female] The fire remembers... [Breakdown] [Male] I remember the first time I cried. I remember the last time I cared. I remember standing at the door... And choosing not to go back. [Female] Go back... Go back... [Male] I can't. [Female] You can. [Male] I don't know who I am anymore. [Female] Something is still alive. [Male] Something is still inside me... [Female] Still alive... [ONE HUGE DRUM HIT] [Final Chorus — massive, dark, triumphant] I thought I was dead, But the ashes still breathe. There's a fire in the dark They couldn't take from me. I wore their scars, I carried their blame, But beneath all the ruins Something whispered my name. [Female Choir — soaring] Raaah-leh-tee-laaaah... Raaah-laah-tee-laa-dum... Hee-yaa... hee-yaa... Still aliiive... [Male] I AM STILL HERE! I AM STILL HERE! [Female] Hee-yaa-aaah! [Male] You buried the man, But you didn't bury me! You broke my heart, But you couldn't kill what lives in me! [All] Raaah-leh-tee-laaa! Raaah-laah-tee-laa-dum! Let the fire run! [Male] I DON'T NEED TO REMEMBER WHO I WAS! I KNOW WHAT I AM! [Female] Ooooh... hee-yaa... Still alive... [Male] I AM THE ASH! I AM THE FLAME! I AM THE VOICE THAT STILL KNOWS MY NAME! [All — final] RAAAH-LEH-TEE-LAAA! RAAAH-LAAH-TEE-LAA-DUM! THE FIRE REMEMBERS! [Outro — fading] [Female] Raaah... leh-tee-laaa... Ooooh... aaah... [Male — whisper] Maybe it didn't die. Maybe it learned how not to answer. [Female] The fire remembers... [Male] I remember.