[Intro] Whew... Oh, Daymon. Thanks for shutting Her up. I swear, a moment longer and I would've cracked. The sound of that arrogant bitch's voice... Ugh. "Perfection this, legacy that..." Give me a break. ...So. Here we are. [Verse 1] But of course it was you. The one thing in her whole brilliant plan she just couldn't pin down. Remember that first apple you sliced in our dorm? No knife, just... a look, and it fell apart into perfect pieces. I was sitting there, trying to play it cool. And inside my head... total silence. For the first time ever. Just quiet. Not a puzzle to solve. Just... a person. A complete, wonderful mystery. Best thing that ever happened to me. [Chorus] And look at us now. The bridge everyone needed... and the very inconvenient proof standing on it. I'm the living "oops" of this whole cosmic drama, Daymon. The proof their big, noble war is a complete farce. And the price of admission? Just... me. All of me. Pretty good deal, huh? Yeah. [Verse 2] She didn't feel like a calculation, you know. Die Gedanke. It was like... a song. A really convincing, beautiful song. "You're meant for greatness. You're the key." Turns out, I was just a fancy lockpick. And Redark... he was the lock that wouldn't budge. So she used me to smash the whole door down. Now he's gone, her song is finished... and I'm here. Funny. I hated his brother's kind for burning my home to ash. I left his island because I couldn't stand the sight of any of them, sure they were all the same. Spent decades alone in the rubble, just to prove a point to myself. And now... I've got this new heartbeat. It doesn't want revenge. It just wants... more. [Bridge] I see how they look at me now. Your crew. Our crew? It's all there in their eyes. The horror. The disgust. "He's wearing the wrong uniform." The ultimate party foul. Wunderbar. My first truly original act. [Breakdown] Sorry. That... comes and goes. The echo of what she ripped out. It's not anger. It's just... a hollow space. Where something of mine used to be. [Chorus] So here's the truth, my friend. The only one I've got left. You saw the monster I was becoming, and you stayed. Because you saw ME still fighting in here. That's what you are, Daymon. Not a weapon or a symbol. You're the line... that says "this far, and no further" to things like Her. You're the wall that chooses to be a shelter. [Outro] They're coming. Kantarcia. And you'll need an army of people like us. The messed-up ones. The "wrong" ones. The made kavardials, tzemai, chira and vishash. The ones who shouldn't exist, but do anyway. I'll be there. On the other side of everyone's lines. Holding my end. Just... promise me a real drink after all this, okay? I hear the other side is... stiller als die Stille. And I'm sick of the taste of starlight. My best... No, my besties friend.
