I Am Still Myself (Lynneae)

[Verse 1 - hushed, heavy reverb, distant, like memory] They wrapped me tight inside a beautiful lie, a spring that never ended, no asking why. I stumble through the silence with a borrowed name, the shards of a reflection that still burns the same. [Chorus 1 - reverb pulling back, voice becoming clearer] I am still myself — no one has broken me. Not completely. Not the part that matters. I am still the girl who stood beside the stream, still the one who dreamed before the world shattered. [Verse 2 - mid-distance, strings thinning] My veins remember shadows, cold and whisper-deep. My body moves on habit, on the edge of sleep. But bodies are not selves and souls are not for sale — the thunder in my heartbeat is the proof I didn't fail. [Chorus 2 - close mic, reverb almost gone, voice exposed] I am still myself — no one has broken me. Not completely. Not the part that matters. I am still the girl who stood beside the stream, still the one who dreamed before the world shattered. [Bridge - dry vocal, no effects, just breath and tone] Rowyn. Rowyn. I held your name like ember-light to keep the dark away. You were the song I whispered when songs could not be safe. You are why I stayed. [Final Chorus - completely unprocessed, raw, largest vocal in the song] I am still myself — no one has broken me. Not completely. Not the part that matters. I am still the girl who stood beside the stream, still the one who dreamed before the world shattered.