Fallen

[Intro — lone bagpipe lament, distant low male voices] Fallen... Fallen... Fallen... [Deep baritone, intimate] I remember the height. I remember the light. I remember the moment I chose not to look away. [Low voices, distant] Fallen... Fallen... [Verse 1] I was made to bear witness, not to carry the blade. Told mercy was sacred. Told vengeance would stain. But I watched the innocent bleed beneath righteous hands, while Heaven whispered patience— and I could still stand. [Background chant] Fallen... Fallen... [Pre-Chorus] So I crossed the line I was forbidden to cross. I knew the price. I knew the cost. [Chant rising] Fallen... Fallen... Fallen... [Chorus] FALLEN— not because I lost my way. FALLEN— because I chose the debt to pay. I still carry mercy. I still answer when it calls. But I will not turn my cheek just to keep these wings at all. If wrath is what condemned me, if vengeance caused my fall— then let Heaven keep its halo. I would choose it all. [Post-Chorus — low layered male chant] Fallen... Fallen... Fallen... [Bagpipe response] [Verse 2] There is kindness in these hands still, though the gold has burned away. I have lifted up the broken. I have carried them away. I have stood beside the wounded. I have sheltered those afraid. But mercy for the innocent does not mean the guilty walk away. [Low chant beneath lead] Fallen... Fallen... [Pre-Chorus] I don't curse the gates behind me. I don't beg to be restored. There are things worth losing Heaven for. There are things worth falling for. [Chant building] Fallen... Fallen... Fallen... [Chorus] FALLEN— not because I lost my way. FALLEN— because I chose the debt to pay. I still carry mercy. I still answer when it calls. But I will not turn my cheek just to keep these wings at all. If wrath is what condemned me, if vengeance caused my fall— then let Heaven keep its halo. I would choose it all. [Instrumental — bagpipe lament over deep trip-hop pulse] [Male voices, distant and rhythmic] Fallen... Fallen... Fallen... Fallen... [Bridge — instrumentation falls away, intimate baritone] Do not mistake my sorrow for regret. I miss the light. I miss the sky. I remember what it felt like before these wings forgot to fly. [Pause] But I remember what the light asked me to ignore. [Deep chant] Fallen... [Lead] So I don't ask for forgiveness. [Chant] Fallen... [Lead] I don't ask to be restored. [Chant] Fallen... [Lead] If Heaven demands silence— I don't belong there anymore. [Final Chorus — full male harmonies, bagpipes rising] FALLEN— I carry both the scar and flame. FALLEN— I no longer fear the name. There is good within my darkness. There is darkness in my good. I became what Heaven warned me of because somebody should. No forgiveness asked. No innocence claimed. No prayer for wings restored. I know what I am. I know what it cost. And I would choose it once more. [Final chant — layered male voices gradually thinning] Fallen... Fallen... Fallen... [Single baritone] Not lost. [Very distant chant] Fallen... [Lead, almost whispered] By choice.