[Intro – 4 bars instrumental] [Chords: Am – Dm – Am – E7] [Slow, moody slide guitar riff. Organ rises like smoke. Kick and snare enter on final bar.] [Verse 1 – Vocals enter softly, restrained but haunted] I am not yours, not lost in you, Not lost, although I ache to be— Like a candle lit at noon, Like a snowflake in the sea. [Chords: Am – Dm – Am – F – E7] [Verse 2 – Organ and voice gain slow-burning intensity] You love me, and I find you still A spirit fierce and burning bright, But I am I, and I resist— To be lost like light in light. [Same chords as Verse 1] [Chorus – Full band enters, dramatic and bluesy with grit] Break me, bend me, if you must, (Still I crawl back to your dust) Grind this heart into the dust. (You can’t kill what’s already crushed) Hold me close with hands that scar, (Cut me deep, I’ll wear the mark) Love ain't tender—love is war. (And I still come back for more) [Chords: Dm – Am – Dm – E7] [Second voice: dark echo, could be whispered or harmonized an octave below] [Verse 3 – Anguish and desperation in lead vocal] Oh plunge me deep in love—put out My senses, leave me deaf and blind, Ripped apart by your cruel grace, A taper torn in a rushing wind. [Chords: Am – Dm – Am – F – E7] [Slide guitar cries between lines, heavy with bends and vibrato] [Verse 4 – Quiet intensity, breathy vocal tone] You say it’s love, but it’s a blade— One that cuts me when you stay. Still I bleed and call your name, Chained to pain I can't betray. [Band pulls back — only bass and ghost organ underneath] [Verse 5 – Rebuild into final peak] I walk the line between your arms And the shadow where I’m free, But your fire burns behind my eyes— And darkness is your gift to me. [Guitar and organ swell dramatically at “darkness”] [Chorus – Final chorus, emotionally raw and loud] Break me, bend me, if you must, (Still I crawl back to your dust) Grind this heart into the dust. (You can’t kill what’s already crushed) Hold me close with hands that scar, (Cut me deep, I’ll wear the mark) Love ain't tender—love is war. (And I still come back for more) [Strong harmonies and call-and-response; guitar may match vocal phrasing] [Outro – Spoken or whispered over fading guitar and organ] Not yours. Not lost. (But always burning...) In your war of love. [Chords: Am – Dm – Am – E7 — fade out with slow, expressive slide solo] [End]
