[Opening Statement - Vesper, low and perfectly controlled] Every light was placed for you Every shadow knew its mark Every color had a purpose Every silence held you in the dark I learned the way your attention moved Then gave it somewhere safe to land Nothing about me was accidental I made myself The way you understand [The Performance] I chose the mask I chose the name I lowered every word until You listened differently I timed the posts I shaped the frame Let every road across your screen Turn quietly toward me I wore Electric Violet Because you stayed I left the jacket open Because your eyes gave you away Millions thought I came for them I watched one name [Central Refrain - Vesper with faint Zen double] Made for you, deliberately Every careful part of me Every look you thought was instinct Every perfect accident you’d see Made for you, deliberately I became what held your eyes But if I never built the fantasy Would you have chosen What was mine? [Fault Line - alternating voices] [Vesper] You wanted confidence [Zen] I wanted courage [Vesper] You wanted mystery [Zen] I was afraid [Vesper] You wanted someone Who could hold your gaze [Zen] I could barely say your name [Vesper] I knew exactly How to make you stay [Zen] I never learned How to ask [Both, overlapping] So I gave you everything Except the woman Behind the mask [Evidence Montage - rhythm tightening] A violet strand beside the lift Lace adhesive near the sink A phrase repeated in the hallway Before I had the time to think The same two fingers near my mouth The same stillness when I lied Vesper glowing on your screen Zen watching from the other side The lights came back The locks held firm The elevator learned your floor Every kindness had a hand behind it Every hand reached for something more [Fractured Refrain - lines interrupting each other] Made for you [Vesper] Every angle [Zen] Every fear [Vesper] Every reason you stayed near [Zen] Every choice I touched before You ever knew that I was here [Both] Made for you, deliberately [Vesper] Perfectly [Zen] Unfairly [Both] Tell me where devotion ends And where control begins [Question - instrumentation nearly disappears] Would you have noticed me upstairs With cold coffee in my hand? Would you have liked my nervous laugh Or waited for the woman I had planned? Would you have looked twice in the lobby If no mask had caught your eye? Would you have heard something worth wanting In the voice I used before I learned to lie? I made the introduction I arranged the way we met But I cannot build an honest answer I cannot choose What you choose next [Final Chorus - both voices begin, Zen gradually takes over] Made for you, deliberately Every beautiful and broken piece Every careful imitation Of the woman I believed you’d need Made for you, deliberately But being made is not the same as being chosen I can show you how I shaped the road I cannot make you Want where it was going Made for you, deliberately That is the truth I cannot soften I built Vesper so you might see me Then hid Zen Behind what caught you If you stay after the lights come up If you know the method and the cost Do not choose the woman I perfected Choose the one Who took it off [Plain Ending - Zen alone, completely unprocessed] No mask No violet light No careful voice Designed to sound right I made so much for you But I will not make This answer too Would you have chosen me Without any of it? I do not know So this time I am leaving The choice With you
