[Intro – Instrumental] [Muted electric guitar motif Low brass stirs Strings rise like dawn through smoke] [Verse I] This is the hour before the truth arrives When every shadow still believes it’s safe I’ve watched the dark pretend it’s endless Right up until it shows its face Every secret swore it was untouchable Every lie thought it would last But nothing outruns the morning Nothing escapes the past [Pre-Chorus] I’ve stood where the silence trembles Waiting for the break Because the dark doesn’t fall apart— It wakes [Chorus – ICONIC, SIMPLE, HEAVY] In the first light Everything is revealed Every promise you made Shows what was real I won’t turn away I won’t lose my sight I was born for the moment When the dark meets the first light [Verse II] I’ve walked through fire dressed as mercy I’ve seen devotion dressed as steel They call survival a victory Till it asks you how it feels You can hide inside the nighttime You can swear you’re justified But the truth doesn’t need permission It just arrives [Pre-Chorus II] I don’t chase redemption I don’t fight the tide I just stand my ground When the night divides [Chorus (Expanded)] In the first light Every mask comes undone Every war you avoided Has already begun I don’t need forgiveness I don’t need a sign I was born for the moment When the dark resigns To the first light [Bridge – Minimal, Mythic] If this ends in ruin I’ll face it awake If this ends in silence I’ll hear what it takes This is where it matters This is where I stand At the edge of the night With blood on my hands [Final Chorus – FULL ORCHESTRA] In the first light There’s nowhere to run Every truth steps forward Every battle’s begun I won’t bend, I won’t break I won’t lose the fight I was born for the moment When the dark meets the first light [Outro – Instrumental] [Muted guitar returns Strings resolve upward Final chord hangs—then cuts]
