[Intro | Cold stone | Solo cello motif] [Vocal: Female contralto | close-mic | clear diction] Wax on the stone Gold at my waist [Verse | Intimate narrative | Frame drum enters] Stained glass falls through the dust Blue in the iron | red in the rust No hand above me | no lock | no throne I made this mercy | I made this bone [Pre-Chorus | Rising urgency | Harmonium swell] The candle bends | the silence knows A thing can shine and still be closed [Chorus | Melodic peak | Sustained] Where chain turns gold Where chain turns gold Where chain turns gold I open my hands and the night lets go [Verse 2 | Forward motion | Low cello counterline] Cold at the wrist | warm in the flame Every bright link remembers my name I was not taken | I was not sold I kept the weight till the weight grew gold [Bridge | Sudden drop | One beat silence] Who gave the gift | who named the debt Who taught my body not to forget No key | no altar | no god above Just what I carry | and what I love [Chorus | Melodic peak | Full restrained lift] Where chain turns gold Where chain turns gold Where chain turns gold The door is my hand and the sky is my own [Outro | Ambient resolution | Cello release] Gold at my waist Sky in my palm I rise slow [End]
