[DARK INTRO — SPOKEN, LOW AND CONTROLLED] Keep your map. --- [VERSE 1 — RESTRAINED CHEST VOICE, DARK, DELIBERATE DELIVERY] You measured out the life I'd wear Folded every answer into squares Built a skyline with somebody's hands Then called it everything I am But every borrowed certainty Left another locked door inside me --- [PRE-CHORUS — BUILDING INTENSITY, CONTROLLED FALSETTO EDGE] I hear the hinges learning how to break (No more) Every chain forgets the weight it made (My choice) --- [EXPLOSIVE CHORUS — FULL POWER, WIDE OPEN VOCALS] I won't wear tomorrow cut by someone else I'll carve daylight from the dark myself If the road disappears beneath my feet I'll leave my footsteps in the storm instead No permission written in my blood I signed my future in my own hand --- [VERSE 2 — STRONGER, MORE DEFIANT DELIVERY] Every label cracked beneath the rain Every verdict washed beyond my name I found freedom hiding in the noise Where silence finally lost its voice The horizon never owed me space So I built one no hand could erase --- [CHORUS — POWERFUL, DRIVING DELIVERY] I won't wear tomorrow cut by someone else I'll carve daylight from the dark myself If the road disappears beneath my feet I'll leave my footsteps in the storm instead No permission written in my blood I signed my future in my own hand --- [GUITAR/SYNTH BREAKDOWN — CINEMATIC GUITARS, ANALOG SYNTHS, NO LEAD VOCALS] --- [BRIDGE — INTIMATE, RISING INTO A SHOUT] Take the throne you built from borrowed fears (Fall away) It was never shaped to carry me (Not mine) Watch your future lose my face I already crossed the line --- [DOUBLE FINAL CHORUS — HUGE, ANTHEMIC, LAYERED CHOIRS] I won't wear tomorrow cut by someone else (No more) I'll carve daylight from the dark myself (My choice) If the road disappears beneath my feet (Own path) I'll leave my footsteps in the storm instead (Still here) No permission written in my blood (My name) I signed my future in my own hand I won't wear tomorrow cut by someone else (No more) I'll carve daylight from the dark myself (My choice) If the road disappears beneath my feet (Own path) I'll leave my footsteps in the storm instead (Stand aside) No permission written in my blood (My name) I signed my future in my own hand --- [OUTRO — INSTRUMENTAL ONLY, CHORUS-SOAKED GUITARS, ANALOG SYNTHS, DISTANT CHOIRS]
