[Intro] [Dark ambient, intimate female vocal] Beloved king... How long have I been here? How long have you been gone? I listen for your footsteps. I wait to hear your voice. But nothing comes. Nothing comes. [Verse 1] They buried me beneath them, where heaven couldn't see. Bound my blood in promises they thought would bury me. I learned the cold. I learned the dark. I learned each carved and twisted mark. And when I could not break the chains— I learned their weight. [Verse 2] [Slow mechanical percussion begins] They gave me walls. I learned their gates. They gave me laws. I learned their shape. They gave me darkness without an end. So I made the darkness mine instead. [Pre-Chorus] Stone by stone. Name by name. Hand by hand. Flame by flame. I stopped asking when you'd come. I stopped listening for anyone. [Chorus] This was my prison. Now it knows my name. This was my punishment. Now it feeds my flame. You left me nothing. So nothing became mine. You threw me beneath creation— And I learned to thrive. [Verse 3] [Industrial percussion builds] Dig. Build. Carry. Burn. Raise the walls and let them learn. Forge the doors. Mark the halls. Make something living from what was meant to hold us all. No throne was given. No crown bestowed. I built my kingdom from the stones they threw me below. [Heavy Build] They gave me chains. I learned their weight. They gave me walls. I learned their gates. They gave me Hell— [Pause] I made it mine. [Breakdown] [Heavy industrial metal, female gutturals] BUILD! BURN! DIG! DESCEND! STONE BY STONE! END BY END! LET EVERY HAMMER! LET EVERY FLAME! TEACH THIS PRISON— MY FUCKING NAME! [Final Chorus] [Powerful female vocal] This was my prison! Now it is my ground! This was their silence! Listen to it now! I remember every face. I remember every hand. I remember who stood silent. I remember who condemned. You thought eternity would make me disappear. But eternity taught me how to wait for you here. [Music drops] You did not bury Night. [Whispered voices] You planted her. [Female whisper] And I grew. [Single heavy impact] [End]
