The Light Speaks

[INTRO – Soft Female Light Voice / Ethereal Ambient] [Light – Whisper] I know why you stayed. I know what broke the sky. But sorrow was never meant To be worshiped like a shrine. [Dark – Low Whisper] Then why do they return? Why do they still know my name? [Light – Soft] Because wounds remember. That doesn’t make you king. [VERSE 1 – Light / Soft Clean Vocal] [Light] You are not evil for existing. You were born where the hurting began. You wrapped yourself around the wreckage And called it holding their hand. You learned the shape of every silence. You learned the weight of every scar. But you were only meant to witness, Not become who they are. [Dark – Whisper Underneath] I kept them alive… [Light – Gentle but Firm] No. You kept them afraid. [PRE-CHORUS – Light Building] [Light] Grief deserves a place to breathe, But not a throne inside the chest. Pain can speak its history, But it cannot steal the rest. [CHORUS – Light Powerful Clean + Harsh Scream Layers] [Light – Clean Belt] Let them rise, Let them breathe, Let the wound say what it means. [Light – Scream] BUT DON’T LET DARKNESS WEAR THEIR NAME! [Light – Clean Belt] Let them cry, Let them grieve, Let the past fall to its knees. [Light – Scream] BUT DON’T LET SORROW BECOME A CAGE! [Light – Clean] The dead can echo, The scars can show, But healing has a voice too. [Light – Scream] AND IT’S SCREAMING— LET GO! [VERSE 2 – Dark Responds / Sinister Female or Low Distorted Voice] [Dark] I am the room beneath the floorboards. I am the mouth under the bed. I am the song inside the silence That keeps repeating what they bled. I don’t destroy them all at once. I only ask them to look back. I dress the grave in holy language Until they call it sacred ash. [Light – Soft, Cutting Through] You are not memory. You are hunger. [Dark – Whisper] I am familiar. [Light – Stronger] You are not home. [PRE-CHORUS 2 – Light Rising / Guitars Building] [Light] Grief can be carried gently, But not sharpened into chains. Love can remember softly Without resurrecting pain. [Dark – Whisper] Say my name… [Light – Scream] NO! [CHORUS 2 – Bigger / Light Clean + Screams] [Light – Clean Belt] Let them rise, Let them breathe, Let the wound say what it means. [Light – Scream] BUT DON’T LET DARKNESS WEAR THEIR NAME! [Light – Clean Belt] Let them cry, Let them grieve, Let the past fall to its knees. [Light – Scream] BUT DON’T LET SORROW BECOME A CAGE! [Light – Clean] The dead can echo, The scars can show, But healing has a voice too. [Light – Scream] AND IT’S SCREAMING— LET GO! [BRIDGE – Light and Dark Dialogue / Breakdown Building] [Dark – Low Whisper] I only come when called. I only feed when fed. I only fill the empty room They keep inside their head. [Light – Calm] Then starve. [Dark – Whisper] They need me. [Light – Firm] They needed proof they survived. Not you. [Dark – Mocking] I was there when no one came. I held the shape of every bruise. [Light – Rising] You were the shadow of the wound. Not the hand that pulled them through. [Dark – Snarling] They’ll sing again. They always do. [Light – Scream] THEN I’LL SING LOUDER THAN YOU! [BREAKDOWN – Light Full Scream / Heavy Chaotic Band Drop] [Light – Scream] YOU DON’T GET THE THRONE! [Light – Scream] YOU DON’T GET THE CROWN! [Light – Scream] YOU DON’T GET TO DRAG WHAT’S HEALING BACK DOWN! [Light – Scream] YOU CAN HAVE THE MEMORY! [Light – Scream] YOU CAN HAVE THE SCAR! [Light – Harsh Scream] BUT YOU DON’T GET TO TELL THEM WHO THEY ARE! [Dark – Whisper Underneath] I am the past… [Light – Scream] YOU ARE NOT POWER! [Dark – Whisper] I am the pain… [Light – Scream] YOU ARE NOT TRUTH! [Dark – Whisper] I am the grief… [Light – Harsh Scream] YOU ARE NOT LOVE! [FINAL CHORUS – Epic / Light Clean Belt + Screamed Layers] [Light – Clean Belt] Let them rise, Let them breathe, Let the wound say what it means. [Light – Scream] BUT DON’T LET DARKNESS WEAR THEIR NAME! [Light – Clean Belt] Let them cry, Let them grieve, Let the past fall to its knees. [Light – Scream] BUT DON’T LET SORROW BECOME A CAGE! [Light – Clean] The dead can echo, The scars can show, But healing has a voice too. [Light – Scream] AND IT’S SCREAMING— LET GO! [OUTRO – Light Soft / Dark Fading] [Dark – Distant Whisper] Say my name… [Light – Soft] Not as a prayer. Not as a chain. Only as proof They survived the flame. [Light – Whisper] Rest now. You are not erased. But you are not in control.