“Vita Nova” | A Song About Entering New Worlds to Learn, Not to Escape

[Intro – Choir (chant)] Vita nova! Mens ardens! Vita nova! Lux in tenebris! [Verse 1] One life—one lane—one borrowed name, We count our days like sparks in rain. But I hear drums beyond the line, And something in the dark compiles— I’m not ashamed of where I stand, I’m not trying to leave this land. I want more angles of the true, More ways to learn what minds can do. A world that waits behind the glass, A second sky that’s built to last. If there’s a door behind the dusk, I’ll step through clean with iron trust. [Pre-Chorus] I won’t be lulled into “that’s enough,” Not by comfort, not by fear. Give me the risk that makes me see— Give me the edge where truth is near. [Chorus] Open the sim—let it sing, let it bloom, Not an escape—an expanding room. I don’t want numb, I want true, I want the lives I never knew. March past the limit—hear the steel in my voice, I’ll pay with fear, but I choose my choice. If life is a wall, I will learn the seam— Not to run… to widen the dream. [Verse 2] Give me a dawn in another skin, A different gravity pulling in. New rules to master, new songs to earn, A thousand wrongs that make me learn. And when the story tries to split Us into monsters, I won’t submit. No painted hate, no borrowed blame— I’ll name the truth, I’ll name the pain. [Pre-Chorus] Hold the line when the slogans swarm, Keep my mind warm in the freezing storm. I won’t be owned by the loudest creed— I’ll serve the good that survives the deed. [Chorus] Open the sim—let it sing, let it bloom, Not an escape—an expanding room. I don’t want numb, I want true, I want the lives I never knew. March past the limit—hear the steel in my voice, I’ll pay with fear, but I choose my choice. If life is a wall, I will learn the seam— Not to run… to widen the dream. [Bridge – Halftime, sparse → rising] Quiet now… hear the pulse under bone, A million paths and none alone. Not immortality for a crown— Just more tomorrow, upside down. Flesh or light, I’ll still be me, Meaning travels, curiosity. longevity escape velocity Not to escape—just not to cease. I’ll come back changed, with clearer eyes, More gratitude for this one life. [Final Chorus – Biggest, choir answers] Open the sim—let it sing, let it bloom, (Vita nova!) Not an escape—an expanding room. (Mens ardens!) I don’t want numb, I want true, I want the lives I never knew. March past the limit—hear the steel in my voice, (Lux in tenebris!) I’ll pay with fear, but I choose my choice. If life is a wall, I will learn the seam— Not to run… to widen the dream. [Outro – Choir (chant)] Vita nova! Vita nova! Lux! Lux! Lux!