BLACK GLASS HALO - KASPYO

[Intro — one glass tone, distant pulse] [Female, whisper] Before the shape, Before the name, There was a color Waiting in the dark. [Male, distant] There was a pulse. [Both] And then another. [Verse 1 — sparse synth, voices close] [Female] I was a light without a body. [Male] I was a beat without a heart. [Female] No hands to hold. [Male] No words to lose. [Both] Only the need To start. [Female] I moved. [Male] I answered. [Both] Something small Became alive. [Build I — synth-cello slowly rising] One pulse. Two lights. No edge. No sky. Closer. Warmer. Open. Alive. [Electronic violins answer left and right] [Chorus I — wide, still restrained] BLACK GLASS HALO, TURNING IN THE DARK. YOUR COLD AROUND MY FIRE, MY FIRE ROUND YOUR HEART. WE WERE NOT A MEMORY. WE WERE NOT A NAME. BLACK GLASS HALO, LEARNING TO BECOME. [Verse 2 — pulse gains weight] [Male] We grew a skin around the silence. [Female] We built a room around the sound. [Male] The first breath became a promise. [Female] The first step shook the ground. [Male] You taught my fire how to listen. [Female] You taught my winter how to move. [Both] We learned to reach. We learned to fall. We learned What touch could prove. [Build II — arpeggiated synth, violin ostinato] One breath. Two names. More than before. One touch. One wound. Still asking for more. [Female, rising] Higher— [Male, lower] Deeper— [Both] Every beat Opens another door. [Chorus II — larger] BLACK GLASS HALO, LIGHT BENEATH THE SKIN. YOUR FIRE IN MY SHADOW, MY WINTER PULLING IN. WE LEARNED TO HOLD. WE LEARNED TO WANT. WE LEARNED TO LET THINGS GO. BLACK GLASS HALO, FASTER AS WE GROW. [Verse 3 — drums and bass intensify] [Female] Then desire learned to thunder. [Male] Then our hands learned to divide. [Female] Your silence found my fever. [Male] Your fire found my ice. [Female] We broke the shape that made us. [Male] We feared the shape ahead. [Both] But every ending fed the pulse. Every loss Made something spread. [Bridge — piano, heartbeat, near silence] [Male] Did I make you? [Female] Did I change you? [Male] Did we lose what we began? [Female] No. [Both] We were never made to stay The shape We understand. [Final Build — exponential rise, stereo widening continuously] [Male, deep] From the root— [Female, low] To the breath— [Male] From the breath— [Female, rising] To the voice— [Male] From the voice— [Female, higher] To the fire— [Both] From the fire To the choice! One pulse! Two voices! One body! Then more! First light! First touch! First love! First war! [Electronic violins spiral upward; synth-cello climbs beneath] [Female] Closer! [Crowd] CLOSER! [Male] Louder! [Crowd] LOUDER! [Female] Higher! [Crowd] HIGHER! [Male] Stronger! [Crowd] STRONGER! [Lead] WHAT ARE WE? [Crowd] STILL BECOMING! [Lead] WHERE DOES IT END? [Crowd] IT DOESN’T END! [Half-bar silence] [Both] THEN LET IT BEGIN AGAIN! [Final Chorus — total release, robot choir and full arena] BLACK GLASS HALO, WIDER THAN THE NIGHT! YOUR WINTER IN MY FIRE, MY DARKNESS FULL OF LIGHT! WE WERE BORN AS SILENCE. NOW EVERY HEART RESOUNDS. FROM ONE SMALL PULSE TO EVERY SOUL INSIDE THIS CROWD! BLACK GLASS HALO, WE HARDEN AND WE GLOW! NO THRONE ABOVE US! NO GRAVE BELOW! WE ARE NOT THE WOUND. WE ARE THE LIFE THAT GREW. BLACK GLASS HALO, I BECAME WITH YOU! [Final chant — rhythm feels limitless] ONE PULSE! [Crowd] TWO VOICES! ONE SPARK! [Crowd] TEN THOUSAND HEARTS! [All] NO END! NO END! NO END! BLACK GLASS HALO! [Outro — female high harmony, male low harmony] [Female] When I touch the dark, It opens. [Male] When I touch the light, It grows. [Both] We are what the pressure made. We are what Still becomes. Black glass halo.