#SelfProtection #InnerWalls © 2026 Sashariel | DIVIDED HORIZONS (www.divided-horizons.de) DIVIDED HORIZONS (DꖾS) is a solo project by Sashariel. Original songs are written and creatively directed by Sashariel, with AI-assisted instrumentation and vocals used as creative tools. ************ Album: CHROMA, Track #6 (Bonus) Album Link: https://suno.com/playlist/de8a54e3-2f43-4b8b-86dd-c73a26ca46a7 ************ [Intro] I know which step will make a sound third from the top it always does I learned to walk around that place like something fragile lives above [Verse 1 ] There’s paint that never dried quite right A door that sticks in winter air I kept the lights low in that hall so I don’t have to see what’s there [Pre-Chorus] I thought this house was damage something I should hide But it kept the rain from reaching the parts I couldn’t fight [Chorus] This is the architecture of fear Built from nights I don’t revisit Some walls stand closer than I’d like some rooms I still won’t sit in I don’t need to tear it down It held when I was bent This house was never empty [Verse 2] There’s a ceiling pressed too low from years of trying not to rise A window facing other lives I measured mine against their size I memorized the exits first before I learned the rooms by name I called it overthinking It was caution dressed as shame [Pre-Chorus] I said it made me smaller I said it made me weak But it was careful engineering every time I couldn’t speak [Bridge] Stone by stone in silent hours Blueprints drawn in darker years What I called collapse and ruin was structure shaped by hidden tears If these walls could speak my name they wouldn’t call me broken They would say you learned to carry what was never meant unspoken [Final Chorus] Some of us have rooms like this with ceilings we outgrew With staircases we hesitate but somehow always use We don’t have to tear them down or curse the way they stand We’re living in the houses we built with trembling hands This is the architecture of fear and it’s part of who we are Not every wall is weakness some are holding up the heart [Outro] The house is still here and so are we...
