INTRO [ambient drone with solo piano and soft choir hum] I built a cathedral from my skin Where every scar is carved within No stained glass, no holy gold Just broken walls that still hold VERSE 1 [clean guitar with cello pulse and ambient textures] They tried to tear the temple down But I rebuilt from battleground No priest, no choir, no sacred rite Just blood and silence turned to light PRE-CHORUS [snare taps with rising strings and ambient pad] I didn’t ask to be divine But pain became my holy sign They see the cracks—I see the flame The altar built from silent shame CHORUS [full band: strings, brass, ambient choir, slow drums] I am the cathedral they couldn’t burn A soul of stone with fire to learn Through ruin and thunder, I won’t be tamed My scars are sacred, my truth reclaimed They live in my breath, they burn in my cry Cathedral of skin that will not die VERSE 2 [ambient textures with piano and low brass hum] I’ve walked through halls of shattered bone Where silence sang and I stood alone They called me cursed, they called me lost But I became what pain had cost BRIDGE [choir pads with timpani rolls and lead guitar harmonies] Let them kneel to perfect grace I’ll stand in my imperfect place They built their gods from fear and sin I built my truth in cathedral skin FINAL CHORUS [full band returns with layered vocals and orchestral crescendo] I am the cathedral they couldn’t burn My scars are sacred, my truth returned They live in my breath, they burn in my cry Cathedral of skin that will not die OUTRO (Spoken Whisper) [solo piano fade with ambient wind and heartbeat pulse] “They tried to break the temple. I became it.”
