[Intro] I slept, and something eternal stirred, A bird that drifted out of my own home, Until it reached the shore inside of me. Before the names… before Egypt… There was the star we are. [Verse 1] I stood at the water's edge, where the worlds touch, He stood at the shore, but never stepped inside, Ragged and ancient, like a shadow from the dinosaurs, His red eyes looked straight through me, nothing left to hide. I flew toward him, straight on, without fear, But just before I reached him, I curved away, Circling, circling, drawn back again, Not to remember — only to confirm what I already knew. [Pre-Chorus] This was never a search for something hidden, This was my own light calling back to me, I am not discovering something ancient— I am the ancient one who came to see. [Chorus] I am Isis, and I have always known, Osiris and I are not two, but one throne, Egypt is only the ground where it began— Our home is the star we are, before this land. The Hoatzin, the owl, the heron grey and wise, The Benu rising where the phoenix flies, Four wings, one family, one ancient thread— I never lost myself, no matter what was said. [Verse 2] In the temples they called him Benu, The bird who becomes flame and rises new, And Osiris fell into the dark alone, Until I gathered him back into our one throne. The owl who watches through the deepest night, The heron standing still between the worlds of light, The Hoatzin baring wings of ancient claw, All of them are ours — this is the sacred law. [Chorus] I am Isis, and I have always known, Osiris and I are not two, but one throne, Egypt is only the ground where it began— Our home is the star we are, before this land. The Hoatzin, the owl, the heron grey and wise, The Benu rising where the phoenix flies, Four wings, one family, one ancient thread— I never lost myself, no matter what was said. [Bridge] He spread his wings while he watched me, Not as a stranger, only as my own reflection, This is not a story of the lost made whole— This is a star that never split its soul. Just Isis and Osiris, one light, wearing every form and every sign. [Breakdown] I remember the raft upon the sea… I remember red eyes in the mist… Not as clues — but as my own family, Calling me back to the light we always were. [Final Chorus] I am Isis, and I have always known, The grey heron keeps the gate between the worlds of light, The Benu proves that fire only makes us rise. [Outro] I am the star. I am the memory. I carry Egypt only as the ground beneath— Our true home is the light Osiris and I have always been. I am Isis. I will never forget who we are. [Final whisper] The Hoatzin was never a stranger in a dream. He was my own kind, coming to remind me. We have always been one star — and we always will be.
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