[intro, drum build] [solo] I'm Lithium [verse 1] I’m the lightest metal one in the room, soft silver skin, barely holding form. Touch me wrong and see the spark one drop of water, one careless breath, and I’m hissing and giving birth to flame. They call me unstable like it’s a flaw, but I was born to burn bright and brief. Crimson scream across the dark, then it’s gone and ash and echoes, and hearts a little steadier than mine. I dance on the edge of breaking, always one electron short of calm. [pre-chorus, slow spoken on heavy drums] Love me careful, or don’t love me at all I’ll light your world up, light it up before I take the whole crazy thing down. [chorus, guitars return with their hook] I’m unstable, yeah, they whisper it like a curse. One electron short of steady, always leaning toward chaos. But without that tilt I’d be nothing but just another dull rock sitting quiet in the crust. Instead I rage quiet, then roar loud, then fade to ash that still glows if you look close. So handle me careful, or don’t handle me at all. [verse 2] I’m the lightest shadow you’ll ever meet, barely there, soft silver skin under oil, hiding from air that wants to claim me. They say I’m fragile, well, I know it. One wrong glance, one bead of sweat, and I’m awake, hissing like a live wire. Touch me with water and watch the show: I spit hydrogen, birth fire from nothing, dance across the surface like I’m running from my own reflection. Crimson scream cuts the dark—bright, brief, beautiful, then smoke and silence. That’s my love language. [pre-chorus, slow spoken on heavy drums] Love me careful, or don’t love me at all I’ll light your world up, light it up before I take the whole crazy thing down. [chorus, guitars return with their hook] I’m unstable, yeah, they whisper it like a curse. One electron short of steady, always leaning toward chaos. But without that tilt I’d be nothing but just another dull rock sitting quiet in the crust. Instead I rage quiet, then roar loud, then fade to ash that still glows if you look close. So, handle me careful, or don’t handle me at all. [solo, start with a slow rhythm and guitar driven, building for about 30 seconds] [outro, each word has a hard Taiko hit with it] in one glorious, red-hot goodbye.. Lightest. Fiercest. Gone before you blink, but never really gone. [Fade out with an acoustic guitar] [End]
