[Intro – distant radio static, whispered in Spanish] ¿Me reciben? ¿Hay alguien ahí? Crew… contéstame. No me dejen sola otra vez. [Heavy guitar impact] [Verse 1 – low, restrained female vocals] I learned to breathe through warning lights, To weld the dark and fear the quiet. Fifteen years old with bloodless hands, I found a home where no stars had names. They taught me how to brace the steel, How broken engines beg and scream. They called me family, called me strong, And for two years, I belonged. [Pre-Chorus – voice beginning to fracture] You built a door back to my life, A single spark through endless night. But home was standing next to me— So I refused to leave. [Chorus – powerful clean vocals with harsh backing screams] Now I salvage what remains, Pull the living from the flames. Carry every name Like iron in my veins. I came home, but I’m not saved. There are ghosts beneath my skin. Brightstone calls me by a name That I have never been. Salvage what remains. Salvage what remains. ¿Quién me salva a mí cuando todo llega a su fin? [Verse 2 – heavier rhythm, bitter delivery] My mother kept my room untouched, The same old sheets, the same old dust. She held my face and thanked the skies— I couldn’t look her in the eyes. The photographs still show a girl Who thought her home contained the world. Her clothes don’t fit, her voice feels wrong. They ask me where I’ve been so long. Now classroom walls close in on me, Equations blur; I cannot breathe. I crossed dead moons and burning skies, But fail the tests they call a life. [Pre-Chorus – rising anger] They say, “You’re home, you’re safe, you’re fine.” As if those words could turn back time. No saben lo que vi. No saben lo que perdí. [Chorus – larger, with layered Spanish harmonies] Now I salvage what remains, Pull the living from the flames. Carry every name Like iron in my veins. I came home, but I’m not saved. There are ghosts beneath my skin. Brightstone calls me by a name That I have never been. Salvage what remains. Salvage what remains. ¿Quién me salva a mí cuando todo llega a su fin? [Post-Chorus – harsh vocals] I was not rescued! I escaped! There was nothing left to stay for— Nothing left to save! [Breakdown – crushing guitars, screamed vocals] You gave me the way home! I left it in its case! I chose you! I chose you! Then watched the void erase your face! One door! One life! One coward left alive! I pressed the switch— And let my whole world die! [Silence, followed by soft Spanish guitar] [Bridge – intimate clean vocals, almost spoken] Perdóname. Yo quería quedarme. I would have died beside you If dying meant I still belonged. Perdóname. No supe salvarlos. You taught me never to leave anyone— But I came back alone. [Slow build] Sometimes I hear your signal Inside the school bell’s sound. Sometimes I see the airlock When my father turns around. They call this resurrection. They call my return a gift. But every morning I wake here Is another ship I couldn’t lift. [Final Chorus – soaring vocals, harsh harmonies underneath] So I salvage what remains, Though nothing fits the same. I carry all your voices. I carry all the blame. I came home, but I’m still lost, With the stars beneath my skin. Brightstone calls me Lucía— I don’t know where she’s been. Salvage what remains. Build a heartbeat from the pain. If I cannot bring you home, I will make your deaths mean something. Salvage what remains. Aunque duela respirar. Salvage what remains. Aunque no sepa regresar. [Final refrain – triumphant but grieving] I won’t leave anyone behind. Not ships. Not strangers. Not this broken life of mine. [Outro – radio static returning] ¿Me reciben? My name is Lucía Serrano. Salvage, reporting in. I’m still here. Lo siento. I’m still here.
