“Burn Both Ways” — Nyx, Astrael & Abyssara [Intro — Abyssara (alone, soft, distant)] (ambient, water tone, slow pulse) Down where the light forgets your name… I’ve watched your kind drift into flame… You call it fate… you call it sin… I call it noise… you brought within… [Verse 1 — Nyx (low, husky, intimate)] I remember the road, I remember the night The silence that swallowed the sound of the fight You left me there like I’d fade away Like nothing I was would ever stay I carried that dark where the fire won’t show Learned how to breathe where the broken things go You thought it was over, you buried it deep… But I’m the part that doesn’t sleep [Pre-Chorus — Transition (Nyx → Astrael)] (Nyx low) I felt it break… (voice lifting) I felt it change… (Astrael emerging) And now your name… remains… [Chorus — Astrael (clean, powerful)] I am the line you cannot outrun I am the weight of what you’ve done No shadow hides, no truth will bend The fire decides how this will end You don’t escape, you don’t outpace The mark you left, the life you erased I am the voice you can’t outrun— Judgment comes… when the damage is done [Verse 2 — Abyssara (clear, calm, echoing)] (music pulls back slightly, subtle ocean tone) You burn so bright for something so small… Fighting for meaning that fades in it all… I’ve seen your kind sink just the same… Different faces… identical flame… You tear at the dark like it owes you breath… But down in my world… there is no death… Only the quiet you cannot keep… Only the pull… of the endless deep… [Verse 3 — Nyx (returns, more intense)] You think I forgot? You think I forgave? I built this fire from the life you gave Every second still etched in bone Every scream you left alone [Bridge — Nyx vs Abyssara (back and forth)] Nyx (low, sharp): They deserve to burn Abyssara (calm, distant): They deserve to sink Nyx: They took everything Abyssara: You take more than you think… Nyx (rising): I end what they started Abyssara: You echo their sound… (Astrael cuts in) [Final Chorus — ALL THREE] Astrael (lead, strong): I am the line you cannot outrun Nyx (underlayer, low): I am the fire you tried to bury Abyssara (high, echoing): I am the depth that waits below All layered: No shadow hides, no truth survives The past you made is still alive You don’t escape, you don’t erase You meet the end you tried to face Burn in the dark or drown below Either way… you’ll come to know… [Outro — Abyssara (alone again, fading)] Some rise in flame… Some fall beneath… But all grow quiet… In the deep…
