[Verse 1] I'm not here to make you disappear. I'm here to hold this line another year. You'll smile again. You'll bring the donuts back. I know. I've read this scroll before, I know the track. [Pre-Chorus] This isn't a sword. It's a page. This isn't rage. It's a cage. [Chorus] I bind you — not break you. I name the shape and make it stay. Not forever. Just today. I bind you — not break you. The gate holds shut till morning comes. That's the whole spell. That's all it does. [Verse 2] You'll come back nice. You always do. Next sprint, new field, same eyes, same "just for you." I won't be angry. Anger doesn't hold a wall. Discipline's quieter. Discipline outlasts it all. [Pre-Chorus] This isn't a sword. It's a page. This isn't rage. It's a cage. [Chorus] I bind you — not break you. I name the shape and make it stay. Not forever. Just today. I bind you — not break you. The gate holds shut till morning comes. That's the whole spell. That's all it does. [Bridge — quiet, spoken-sung, drone only] You'll be back. I know. I never said you wouldn't. I just said: not today. Not today. Not today. [Final Chorus — one layer added, still restrained] I bind you — not break you. I'll say this every single day Until the saying is the way. I bind you — not break you. The gate holds shut. The scope stays true. Tomorrow, I bind it new. [Outro — single held note, spoken under it] Best in life isn't the ending. It's doing this again.
