[Verse 1] [Atmospheric boom-bap beat, slow melancholy piano] Stuck in a cycle of shadows and ghosts I cannot ignore Traded my purpose for comfort and washed right up on the shore Wearing a mask that was crafted by hands that were never mine Watching the seasons collide as I slowly ran out of time Shedding this armor is painful but living this lie is worse I step in the water and let it wash off this inherited curse The man that you knew in the morning is buried by the night Leaving the darkness behind as I finally reach for the light [Pre-Chorus] [Cranberries-style vocal yodel, ethereal and soaring falsetto break] Ah-ah-ah-eeee-ah, let it go! Ah-ah-ah-eeee-ah, watch it grow! [Chorus] [Full cinematic hip-hop drop, driving drums, soaring strings] Let it fall to the floor I don't need it no more What is dead is now gone And I keep moving on Turn the page turn the card Even when it gets hard From the ashes I rise With new fire in my eyes [Guitar Solo] [Melancholic alternative rock electric guitar solo, moody and echoing] [Verse 2] [Stripped-back beat, heavy sub-bass] Descending deeper into the abyss where the truth is revealed Breaking the chains of the past and the wounds that had never quite healed I used to cling to the wreckage because it felt safe to survive But now I am stepping right out of the dark just to feel so alive This isn't a funeral procession this is a birth in disguise Cutting the strings of the puppet and clearing the fog from my eyes A phoenix ascending from ruins that were left by the old of my mind Leaving the doubt and the hesitation so far behind [Pre-Chorus] [Cranberries-style vocal yodel, emotional high-register break] Ah-ah-ah-eeee-ah, feel the pain! Ah-ah-ah-eeee-ah, wash the rain! [Chorus] [Full energy, driving beat and sweeping strings] Let it fall to the floor I don't need it no more What is dead is now gone And I keep moving on Turn the page turn the card Even when it gets hard From the ashes I rise With new fire in my eyes [Bridge] [Atmospheric, spacious, emotional piano and floating vocals] It's quiet in the eye of the storm where the old self has finally died No more room for the fear or the doubts that I used to keep inside The mirror reflects a new image and I am not scared of the view Ready to walk through the fire and finally become something true [Instrumental Break] [Dramatic string arrangement building tension, cinematic drum roll] [Chorus] [Maximum energy, explosive emotional peak] Let it fall to the floor I don't need it no more What is dead is now gone And I keep moving on Turn the page turn the card Even when it gets hard From the ashes I rise With new fire in my eyes [Outro] [Fading beat, gentle piano chords, lingering vocal echoes] The deck is cleared now the new path is starting to clearly appear Stepping right into my power and leaving behind all of the fear [Cranberries-style vocal yodel, fading out softly] Ah-ah-ah-eeee-ah... The metamorphosis is complete.
