Catch on Fire

[Submerged lamenting guitars, tremolo and delay throughout] [Verse 1 – Slow, Brooding, Minimal, Intimate] Why does the sun always escape my touch Every step I take, it’s never enough When the lights go out, there's no place for hope The weight of survival wraps tight like a rope [Pre-Chorus – Building, Yearning, Rising Tension] I reach for the light, but it slips through I want to break free, but I’m tied to you The roots of your darkness, they’ve grown too tall But I hear the light calling, though I’m about to fall [Chorus – Overwhelming, Grief-Heavy, Drowned, Still Submerged] The roots of your darkness, they hold me tight I chase the light, but it fades out of sight Tangled in shadows, I can’t break away The past is a cage that I can't escape [Verse 2 – Haunting, Hollow, Cold, Stripped-Back] You, like a dagger, digging deep inside Your words still echo, nowhere to hide Lost in thoughts of yesterday The scars you left won’t fade away The shadow’s creepin’, only one way left to go You hit the bottom where the silence only grows You can’t save a heart that yearns to be destroyed And I know, one day, I’ll leap into the void [Build – Frantic, Spiraling, Pressure Increasing] [Pre-Chorus – Urgent, Unraveling, On the Edge] Tonight the weight The weight is more I will wait no more No, I can’t wait no more [Drop] [Chorus – Dense, Grief-Heavy, Overwhelming, desperate] The roots of your darkness, they hold me tight I chase the light, but it fades out of sight Tangled in shadows, I can’t break away The past is a cage that I can't escape [Bridge – Ethereal, Revelatory, Fragile Hope] The roots of your darkness once held me tight But now they give way to the flowers that bloom in the light For the first time in forever, I see the light But it's just a temporary bliss But sometimes... you need the dark to see the light! [Post-Bridge – Ghostly, Introspective, Floating] How many tears must you cry How many buried inside Until you finally let go How many years must you fight How many stories survive Until the tables will turn? How many days must you brave? How many years must you pay? There’s nothing left to let go. There is a burden you cannot hide, But in his arms, you feel so alive.... Do you feel alive? [Outro – Rising, Defiant, Warm Fire, Hard-Won Hope] You feel the fire burnin’ sweet within your skin, Burning your blood dry, it’s pulling you in…. But you feel the light shine so bright. You feel the light shine so bright. [Outro – Floating, Breathing Again, Fragile Light] Catch on fire, catch on fire, Catch on fire, catch on fire. [building intensity] I found my soul, let’s set it on fire. My soul’s on fire, I carry on the fight, oh.... My soul’s on fire. All my tears awakening, I’ve let them back, All this flashed before my eyes I’d never had. No more fear, no more dark, I’m in love. [stripped back] Love… love… I’m in love. My soul’s on fire…. [whispered] I’m in love... [fade out]