“Not the Monster” (Singability Pass) Verse 1 (The Taking) He says the law like it’s complete He says the price like it’s mercy This is the rule This is the end I don’t fight I don’t plead I think of my family And step forward anyway The wall breaks open The world turns strange I don’t look back ⸻ Pre-Chorus I brace for claws I brace for pain I brace to fade away ⸻ Chorus But he isn’t what I feared No teeth No rage Just a mask I can’t read His voice stays calm His hands stay still Nothing here feels like punishment This isn’t the monster I taught myself to believe ⸻ Verse 2 (The House) The house is bright The doors stay wide Food waits without a score They give me clothes They give me time They give me more He doesn’t watch me eat Doesn’t stand too near Doesn’t touch me at all Gold goes home Before I ask Before I fall ⸻ Pre-Chorus I wait for the catch I wait for the lie It never arrives ⸻ Chorus (Shift) The days move soft No raised voice No debt to pay I learn the halls I learn the paths I stop counting ways away I don’t trust this kindness yet But it stays ⸻ Verse 3 (Change) I paint again Just one line Like it might vanish if I rush He asks what I love He listens close The mask stays fixed But something shifts ⸻ Pre-Chorus (Safety) I don’t say safe I don’t say home But my breath comes slow ⸻ Final Chorus (Boundary) One night he says “Stay inside” Not sharp Not cold Just final There’s music I’m not meant to hear Fire moving through the dark A rule I wasn’t told before A line drawn in spark This place has limits This place has laws ⸻ Outro The music presses at the door Firelight on the floor He said to stay He didn’t say why And for the first time Since I crossed the wall I want to know So I open the door Just a breath And step into the dark
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