Akida, Voice from Beyond the Pines

[Intro] [Low Pine Barrens Ambience] [Portal Hum] [Male] Found her where the maps give up. Past the roads that shouldn't bend. Something opened in the pines... And something walked out in the end. [Female] You keep asking where I'm from. Like I'd know what I should say. I remember different stars... And waking up in Jersey clay. [Verse 1 — Female] I came crawling from an Egg That wasn't laid by anything. Blue and violet in my hair, With a voice that had to sing. No dog tags. No hometown. No little box that I fit in. Just the forest at my back... And seven strangers staring in. [Male] I asked her name. [Female] I gave him one. [Male] Asked what she was. [Female] That's less fun. [Pre-Chorus — Female] You want the truth? Get comfortable. Some things don't come with answers. I don't know where I started... But I know exactly where I am. [Chorus — Female] I am the voice beyond the pines. The note between your world and mine. I crossed through somewhere I can't name And came out singing just the same. Different places. Different scars. Different roads beneath the stars. I don't need to know where I've been... I found my voice beyond the pines. [Instrumental] [Verse 2 — Female] The Devil watched me from the trees. The satellites all lost their track. The Egg went cold behind my feet. I never once looked fucking back. Then Piney handed me a mic Like this was somehow normal shit. [Male] You know how to use this thing? [Female] I smiled... And fucking answered it. [Female Vocalization] Ah-ah-ah-ah... [Instrumental] [Verse 3 — Female] He's got songs I've never heard. He's got scars I understand. Never asked me for an answer. Just put a microphone in my hand. Something strange came through that portal. Something stranger let me stay. Maybe home ain't where you started. Maybe home is where you play. [Pre-Chorus — Female] We don't need the same beginning To end up standing side by side. Different worlds can share a rhythm. Different voices still collide. [Chorus — Female] I am the voice beyond the pines. The note between your world and mine. I crossed through somewhere I can't name And came out singing just the same. Different places. Different scars. Different roads beneath the stars. I don't need to know where I've been... I found my voice beyond the pines. [Instrumental Build] [Bridge — Female] Maybe there's another me Still singing somewhere through that door. Maybe there are worlds behind us. Maybe there are thousands more. Maybe I was sent here. Maybe I just fell. Maybe that's a story I don't ever need to tell. Because whatever fucking universe Decided where I'd land... Dropped me in the Jersey Pines With a microphone in hand. [Heavy Instrumental Hit] [Male] Works for me. [Final Chorus — Female] I AM THE VOICE BEYOND THE PINES! THE NOTE BETWEEN YOUR WORLD AND MINE! I CROSSED THROUGH SOMEWHERE WITHOUT NAME AND CAME OUT SINGING JUST THE SAME! Different places! Different scars! Same damn song beneath the stars! I don't need to know where I've been... I know exactly who I am! THE VOICE BEYOND THE PINES! [Outro] [Portal Hum] [Female] Different worlds... Same song.