Bandages for Blade

Egyptian-inspired mournful alt-pop ballad with a slow 6/8 sway, hand drum taps, oud plucks, and muted frame percussion; verse leans on close-mic youthful male tenor, half-spoken lines and breathy doubles, pre-chorus lifts with strings and rising reed tones, chorus opens wider with soft sustained harmonies and delay throws on the hook, Sand-swept reverb, distant chimes, intimate and aching mix, male vocals, soft

[Intro] (spoken) Welcome, Blade Dancer... to the long list of broken hearts. [Verse 1] You came from Zaun smoke, with a grin and a scar. You flip through the dark, like a knife in the jar. Fire in your pockets, trouble in your hands. You fight like a storm that refuses to land. [Pre-Chorus] I know that look, I wore it too. A house gone quiet, a world cut through. You lost your name in a sharpened day... and still you stand when the ash gives way. [Chorus] Stay with me, stay with me Blade Dancer, stay with me I know your hands are tired I know your heart is torn Stay with me, stay with me Blade Dancer, stay with me I wonder if you'll leave me like the others did before [Verse 2] You twist through the blows, you cheat, you dive low. You laugh at the spark when the bombs start to glow. You bleed and you smile, you fight like it hurts. That kind of survival is a cruel kind of birth. (spoken) Jinx and Vi... two names like thunder. And you, their brother, carrying the thunder too. [Pre-Chorus] I see your eyes when the night gets long. A home in pieces, a life cut wrong. If blades could pray, yours would too... for someone to stay when the grief comes through. [Chorus] Stay with me, stay with me Blade Dancer, stay with me I know your hands are tired I know your heart is torn Stay with me, stay with me Blade Dancer, stay with me I wonder if you'll leave me like the others did before [Bridge] If you run, I won't chase. I just... I'll sit where you left me. I'll count the dust. I know that shape of a goodbye too well. It lives in my chest like a thing I can't tell. [Final Chorus] Stay with me, stay with me Blade Dancer, stay with me I know your hands are tired I know your heart is torn Stay with me, stay with me Blade Dancer, stay with me If you must go someday please go slow at the door [Outro] (spoken) If you stay... I can learn your name by heart.

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