SEVEN DAYS TO SUNRISE [Intro – whispered, atmospheric] Twenty-one candles… One family… One curse… Every first-born daughter gets seven days. And then she dies. [Verse 1] They told me when I turned twenty-one, The clock began, my time was done. A curse that follows blood and name, Every first-born daughter ends the same. My mother warned me, “Don’t waste your days,” But fear had already built its cage. So I made a list of everything I’d never dared, I’d never seen. [Pre-Chorus] Day one, I climbed where the cliffs fall steep, Day two, I drove where the roads don’t sleep, Day three, I danced underneath the rain, Day four, I walked through the pouring pain. Day five, I stood beneath the stars, Wondering how I’d come this far. [Chorus] I’ve got seven days to live, So I’ll take everything this life can give. No more hiding, no more chains, No more running from the pain. If tomorrow takes my breath, I’ll meet it standing, staring down death. Seven days, but I’ll make them mine, And if I have to break the curse… I’ll cross the line. [Verse 2] I jumped from planes, I swam the sea, I rode through storms and finally breathed. I kissed the night, I chased the dawn, I did the things I’d put off too long. And every sunrise felt like stolen gold, Every heartbeat said, “You’re still not old.” But underneath every laugh and smile, I knew there was one thing left inside… Fear. [POWER RAP – fast, dark, building intensity] Five days gone! Five days dead! Five days hearing voices in my head! Tick-tock! Don’t stop! Who’s gonna tell me when the clock drops? Twenty-one! Twenty-two? That’s a number they never let us through! Mother knew! Grandma knew! Every woman in my bloodline too! They told us, “Run!” They told us, “Hide!” They told us, “Don’t you dare step outside!” But I’m sick of being scared! Sick of being told! Sick of carrying a curse that I never chose! You want my life? COME TAKE IT! You want my soul? COME BREAK IT! You think I’m gonna kneel because some ancient thing decided I’m the daughter that it gets to take?! NO! I’ve got fire in my lungs! I’ve got thunder in my veins! I’ve got five days of freedom running wild inside my brain! Maybe I’m dying! Maybe I’m doomed! Maybe there’s a monster waiting in that room! But if I’m going down, I’m going down fighting! If death wants me… IT BETTER START RUNNING! [Music abruptly cuts] [Day Six – whispered] Then I heard the island. Not saw it. Heard it. Beyond the storm… beyond the sea… A voice. “Come.” [Verse 3 – dark, cinematic] I took a boat beneath the moon, The ocean howled like something doomed. No map. No lights. Just blackened waves And one small island lost in haze. I found the cave. The entrance breathed. Something ancient waited underneath. I stepped inside and heard it say: “You came here looking for another way.” [Build] Fire rose from the ground, The walls began to move, Shadows wore the faces of the women that I knew. I ran through flames, I crawled through stone, I heard their voices calling me home. But every trial, every scar, Every nightmare brought me where I needed to start. [Higher Being – spoken] “You cannot break a curse by running from the darkness.” [Girl] “Then I’ll walk through it.” [Final Trial – explosive] The final door opened wide. And standing there… Was me. A frightened little girl, twenty-one, waiting to die. She looked into my eyes. “Please… I’m scared.” I reached out my hand. “So am I.” Then I pulled her up. “But we’re not dying here.” [Final Chorus – huge] I’ve got seven days to live, But seven days was all I needed to give Everything I was too scared to be, Everything they said I’d never see. I walked through fire! I walked through night! I faced every monster and I chose my life! The island shook! The heavens cried! The ancient curse began to die! Seven days! Seven nights! I fought for my life with all my might! [Outro – emotional, slowing] The sea went still. The cave fell silent. The curse was broken. And for the first time in generations… A first-born daughter saw her twenty-second year. Twenty-two candles. Twenty-two years. And no curse. [Soft final lines] They said I was born to die… But they were wrong. I wasn’t born to die. I was born… to break it.
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