**ONE MORE TIME — BEAST AWAKENED** **[Intro — broken piano, whispered female vocal]** I swallowed screams like broken glass, I wore your shadow on my back. I learned to bleed without a sound, While you stood there and watched me drown. You called it love when I was shaking, Called me weak when I was breaking. But every bruise beneath my skin Was feeding something dark within. **[Verse 1 — fragile, painful, cutting]** It started soft, a poison word, A twisted truth nobody heard. A slammed door, a jealous lie, A thousand little ways to die. Then came the nights I feared your breathing, The floor, the walls, the silent pleading. I begged the dark to let me sleep, But pain has roots, and roots grow deep. **[Pre-Chorus — strings rising, voice trembling harder]** You made my heart a haunted room, You made my body feel like a tomb. But somewhere underneath the scars, I was sharpening into war. **[Chorus — powerful, emotional scream]** Hit me one more time, And I’ll tear through this fear. The woman you buried screaming Is the beast standing here. Hit me one more time, And you’ll learn what pain can be. You can pray to every god alive, But none will save you from me. **[Verse 2 — drums enter, voice stronger]** I used to flinch when shadows moved, Used to beg for softer moods. Used to hide the truth in shame, While you kept setting me aflame. But now my tears have turned to thunder, Now my grief is pulling under. Every wound you thought was mine Has become your warning sign. **[Pre-Chorus 2 — darker, more intense]** I am not your broken thing, Not your puppet on a string. You built a cage from fear and blame, Now watch it burn around your name. **[Chorus — full band, bigger]** Hit me one more time, And I’ll tear through this fear. The woman you buried screaming Is the beast standing here. Hit me one more time, And you’ll learn what pain can be. You can pray to every god alive, But none will save you from me. **[Bridge — low, haunting, then rising]** Pray to the cross, pray to the flame, Pray till your mouth forgets my name. Pray to the prophets, pray to the sky, Pray while the walls hear you cry. Pray to the angels, pray to the graves, Pray to the gods you never praised. But I am the storm you taught to breathe, I am the curse you carved in me. **[Breakdown — angry, heavy drums, vocal almost screaming]** You wanted me small! You wanted me blind! You wanted my soul To crawl behind! You wanted silence, You wanted control! But you poured gasoline On a dying soul! Now I rise with every scar, With every night you went too far. I rise with every bloody lie, With fire in my throat and death in my eyes. **[Final Climax — huge female belt, choir, drums exploding]** Hit me one more time, And you’ll meet the beast you made. The girl who cried in darkness Is walking out in flames. Hit me one more time, And fall down on your knees. Scream to every god you know, But none will save you from me. Hit me one more time, I dare your hands to try. I am pain with teeth now, I am rage that learned to fly. **[Outro — cold, quiet, terrifying]** I was gentle. I was kind. I was yours to break in time. But touch me again… And the last prayer you speak Will be mine.
