[Intro – spoken, intimate, almost dry] O Death... Three seventeen. Ceiling staring back at me. I can hear my heartbeat counting down what I can't see. If you're coming for me, don't whisper. Look me in the eye. [Verse 1 – low, restrained] O Death, how soon will you appear? How many heartbeats do I have from here? I feel the pulse beneath my fingertips — still here, still mine, still beating somehow. Don't wait like footsteps outside my door, don't hide where the hallway loses light. There's blood still running warm beneath my skin, and too much left in me to die tonight. [Pre-Chorus 1 – tension rising] If it's already written, say it straight, no half-truths, no maybe. Let me meet you wide awake before my hands start shaking. [Chorus – huge, dark, controlled] O Death, O Death — tell me how I'll go, will something of me stay, or turn to smoke? O Death, O Death — before my final breath, will I say “I lived”... or wasted my purpose? [Verse 2 – heavier, more rhythmic] I'll write my name with a match in the dark, before black water washes it away. Will the ones I loved remember the spark, or only all the words I didn't say? And when that hour comes, no grand goodbye, no encore, no road that takes me home. Let me leave with nothing left to hide, on my feet — even if I leave alone. [Pre-Chorus 2 – controlled aggression] Don't steal my voice, don't make me beg. Don't leave me staring from the edge. If it must end, then let it break — truth in my teeth, no deal to make. [Chorus – bigger] O Death, O Death — tell me how I'll go, will something of me stay, or turn to smoke? O Death, O Death — before my final breath, will I say “I lived”... or wasted my purpose? [Bridge – near-silence, exposed vocal] I don't fear your name. I fear the empty space. The “I love you” never spoken. The name I couldn't dial. So if you come — come honest. No warning. No disguise. Just give me one last second to look this life straight in the eyes. [Final Chorus – massive, controlled release] O Death, O Death — now I know how I'll go, something of me stays when the rest turns to smoke. O Death, O Death — when I take my final breath, I wanna say “I LIVED.” I didn't waste my purpose. [Outro – almost bare] Find me in the light. Heart still open. Still mine.
