[Verse 1 – soft, intimate] I speak in cracks between your sentences A quiet fracture in the glass You trace the outline of my silhouette But never see me through the past Warm static in the walls, it hums Like something trying to confess I write the truth in shaking hands But you don’t hear it any less [Pre-Chorus – building tension] I’ve seen the fire before it starts Felt the tremor in your chest But every word falls stillborn Every warning laid to rest [Chorus – screamed] I WAS GIVEN SIGHT BUT NOT A VOICE A MOUTH THAT BREAKS ON EVERY CHOICE I SCREAM THE FUTURE, WATCH IT DIE IN OPEN EYES THAT WON’T REPLY YOU TURN AWAY, YOU ALWAYS DO LIKE TRUTH IS SOMETHING YOU OUTGREW I BLEED THE SIGNS INTO THE AIR BUT NO ONE EVER MEETS ME THERE [Verse 2 – restrained, melancholic] They called it madness in my throat A curse I couldn’t wash away Visions wrapped in olive smoke Rotting gold in light of day I saw the horse beneath your gates The hollow gift you welcomed in I begged the walls to hesitate But silence always seems to win [Pre-Chorus – softer, tired] There’s no glory in being right When it just means watching it die Every answer comes too early Every ear too late to turn [Chorus – screamed, more desperate] CASSANDRA! I WAS GIVEN SIGHT BUT NOT A VOICE A MOUTH THAT BREAKS ON EVERY CHOICE I SCREAM THE FUTURE, WATCH IT DIE IN OPEN EYES THAT WON’T REPLY CASSANDRA! I TEAR MY TRUTH INTO MY SKIN IF NO ONE HEARS, I’LL LET IT IN A PROPHET DROWNING IN ITS HEAD WHILE ALL HER WORDS ARE LEFT FOR DEAD [Bridge – quiet, detached → explosion] Like an angel with severed wings… Maybe it is just the shape of things No meaning in the warning No meaning in the fall No meaning in the knowing If it doesn’t matter at all [Breakdown – screamed, slower, crushing] NOTHING CHANGES NOTHING BREAKS THE WORLD JUST BENDS AROUND MISTAKES I SEE IT CLEAR I LET IT PASS TRUTH IS JUST A SHATTERED GLASS NO GOD ABOVE NO HAND TO GUIDE JUST OPEN EYES AND WOUNDED PRIDE IF NO ONE HEARS THEN LET IT BE— THE VOID WAS ALWAYS HOME TO ME [Outro – soft, numb, acceptance] So I’ll sit with it This quiet ache that never ends Not a curse, not a gift Just a voice that never bends The world will turn the way it does Deaf to every plea I make And I’ll watch it, calm and still For meaning’s just another break CASSANDRA!
