YOUR VERSION OF THE BRIDGE Mynx May | The Dark Carnival [INTRO | WARPED CALLIOPE | WOOD CREAK | HEARTBEAT KICK] [Spoken] Funny thing about bridges... You can watch somebody strike the match, watch the whole damn thing burn, and somehow... they'll still hand you the hammer. [VERSE 1 | LOW FEMALE RAP | CONTROLLED] You tell me, "Grow up," then tell me who I am. Tell me what I meant, tell me where I should've been. My song means nothing? Then why'd you bring it up? Funny how a voice with no meaning still bothers you this much. You say somebody someday will finally see what's real. Maybe. But the truth doesn't need your permission to be real. You built your version, board by board, then handed me the hammer like the wreckage was all mine. No. I didn't light the match. I didn't watch it burn. And I'm not taking ownership of damage I didn't earn. [PRE-CHORUS | TENSION BUILD] You want me to rebuild? Then don't stand in the ashes telling me I burned it. Don't hand me your confession and demand I learn it. I can own what belongs to me. But I won't carry yours. [CHORUS | MASSIVE INDUSTRIAL DROP] DON'T HAND ME YOUR VERSION AND CALL IT THE TRUTH. DON'T DEMAND I DROP MY SHIELD TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR YOU. I NEVER AIMED A THING AT YOU. I GUARDED WHAT WAS MINE. PROTECTION ISN'T PUNISHMENT. IT'S ME HOLDING MY LINE. You want a bridge? It takes two sides. You want the truth? Then mine survives. [VERSE 2 | HEAVIER RAP | DISTORTED MIDWAY] Then you tell me, "Stop doing the craft." What craft? I never aimed a thing at you. Never sent a thing your way. Never asked for what was yours. Never tried to make you pay. I put protection around myself. Took back what belonged to me. Closed the doors I needed closed. Put my hand back on my key. That's it. So now I'm curious. If it wasn't aimed at you, why does my protection bother you? If I'm only guarding mine, why tell me what I shouldn't do? I don't need to accuse. I don't need