I Gave It A Name - Xerathis, We Echo as we Wilt, Velvet Cabal

[Verse 1] I built a cathedral Out of second-hand signs Measure the silence Between your replies Every absence became Something sacred Every doubt wore a face I could name [Chorus] I watched the horizon for something returning I held my breath like the world was still turning Put the wound to a language I couldn't translate And I called it the truth because I needed it that way [Verse 2] If I wake will it disappear If I stopped believing was it ever here I've been feeding a ghost with a mouth full of promises And wondering why you never spared [Chorus] My heart for a world that was never mine I buried the truth underneath the design To wait for the sky to answer tonight Some things only live when you give them a light I gave it a name I gave it a place I gave it everything [Verse 3] It gave me a shape to chase There was a kingdom behind my eyes Where every coincidence meant something divine I turned every maybe into certainty then Blamed the universe for what I couldn't see I mistook the echo for somebody calling Counted the seconds between hope and falling But nothing was stolen, nothing was promised I was holding a future that never existed [Chorus] So don't hold your breath for a miracle The silence isn't proof of anything at all I've been reading constellations in scattered debris Then asking why the heavens disagree My heart for a world that was never mine I buried the truth underneath the design To wait for the sky to answer tonight Some things only live when you give them a light I gave it a name I gave it a place I gave it everything [Bridge] It gave me a shape to chase Maybe I'm grieving Something I invented Maybe the ache is all that's left When the lie is dismantled No villain, no verdict, no grand revelation Just me and the weight of my own interpretation [Chorus] I wasn't abandoned I wasn't betrayed I was worshipping something I made from the blade So don't hold your breath, there's nothing coming Don't call it destiny when you're the one who rode it I hurt for a world that was never mine Now I'm watching it collapse without noticing No prophecy left for me to decipher No phantom to follow beneath the grave I gave it a name I gave it a place I gave it everything [Outro] Now I'm taking back my faith And if it was never real Then neither was the ending I can mourn what I imagined Without mistaking it for loss