[Intro: Distorted Bass Riff, Guitar Feedback, Drums Building] [Verse 1: Male Vocal, Low, Restrained, Melodic] The shadows used to be a wall A place to hide, a place to fall I counted heartbeats not my own And learned to call the cold a home I walked the edges of the space A ghost without a resting place Fading beneath a heavy crown Watching the quiet universe go down~ [Pre-Chorus: Male Vocal, Building] Then the clock stopped turning~ And the air started burning~ [Chorus: Male Lead, Powerful Clean Vocal, Layered Male Harmonies] I’m battered black~ I’m something new~ Can’t escape the light I find in you~~ I spent a century waiting for the dark Until I found the light that only breathes at night~ A subtle fire rising from a single spark Turning the quiet world to silver-white~ I used to think the shadows held the key Now the dark is where you set me free~~ [Verse 2: Male Vocal, Controlled Rasp, Melodic] The frost is thawing on the glass Watching the phantom hours pass I used to run from morning rays Trapped in a labyrinth of yesterday But there’s a pulse inside the chill A sudden warmth that’s standing still No longer hiding from the sound Of solid earth beneath the ground~ [Pre-Chorus: Male Vocal, Building] When the clock stopped turning~ And the air started burning~ [Chorus: Male Lead, Powerful Clean Vocal, Layered Male Harmonies] I’m battered black~ I’m something new~ Can’t escape the light I find in you~~ I spent a century waiting for the dark Until I found the light that only breathes at night~ A subtle fire rising from a single spark Turning the quiet world to silver-white~ I used to think the shadows held the key Now the dark is where you set me free~~ [Bridge: Male Vocal, Melodic, Rising Intensity] The world above is built on lies On shallow light and empty skies~ But down here in the velvet deep I have no secrets left to keep~ Don’t ask the dawn to understand The way the fire meets the hand~~ [Instrumental: 8-Bar Melodic High-Gain Guitar Solo] [Breakdown: Male Vocal, Soft, Intimate, Fully Sung] I’m battered black~ I’m something new~ (I’m something new~) Can’t escape the light I find in you~~~ [Final Chorus: Male Lead, Soaring Clean Vocal, Stacked Male Harmonies] I’m battered black~~ I’m something new~~ Can’t escape the light I find in you~~~~ I spent a century waiting for the dark Until I found the light that only breathes at night~~ A subtle fire rising from a single spark Turning the quiet world to silver-white~~ I used to think the shadows held the key~ [Brief Instrumental Drop] Now the dark is where you set me free~~~~ [Final Instrumental Hit]
