Verse 1 I thought it was curiosity. A trick of hunger and fear. A human girl where she didn’t belong, bleeding into places I never meant to see. I told myself it was coincidence. I told myself it would fade. I’ve lived long enough to know better— and still I tried. ⸻ Pre-Chorus Then she dies for a male she loved. A love spoken too late, but spoken all the same. And something in me breaks where denial used to live. ⸻ Chorus The world doesn’t shatter. It aligns. No thunder. No claim. Just the quiet certainty that I am standing exactly where I was always meant to be. ⸻ Verse 2 It explains the pull. Why her pain felt personal. Why letting go felt impossible before I knew why I held on. I have lived centuries without answers. This one arrives whole— ancient, settled, unwilling to be ignored. ⸻ Pre-Chorus She doesn’t look at me. She doesn’t know. She loved him. She chose him. And she gave her life for that choice. ⸻ Chorus (Realization) The bond doesn’t demand. It settles. Clicks into place like something patient finally finding its shape. Not stolen. Not forced. Just true. ⸻ Bridge (Restraint) I could speak. I could pull. I could let instinct finish what fate began. But she has lost enough. And love that means anything does not arrive by taking. ⸻ Final Chorus (Choice) So I leave. I let her wake believing her heart is still her own. If happiness exists for her, it will not come from my shadow. ⸻ Outro The bond hums— unoffended. Unafraid. She lives. And I walk away, hoping that is mercy.
