[Intro – distant choir, slow heartbeat drum] (Whispered, layered voices) “They called it love… I called it hunger.” (soft harp strum — heartbeat continues) Every heart I touched, I burned, Every vow, I watched return. They drink from me like holy wine, And choke on everything divine. [Pre-Chorus – rising strings, restrained desperation] Desire cuts where mercy hides, Even I can’t tame its tide. [Chorus – soaring vocal, cinematic build] I am the fire beneath your prayer, The reason you still want to care. Beautiful ruin, gold in decay, I love until I fade away. [Verse 2 – lower, whispered intensity] They begged for peace inside my flame, But madness always wears my name. My love’s a crown, my lips — a curse, And still, I ache to love them worse. Desire knows no holy line, It breaks me first, then calls me mine. I am the fire beneath your prayer, The reason you still want to care. Beautiful ruin, gold in decay, I love until I fade away. (instrumentation fades to cello + ambient hum) “They forget what love does to gods. It doesn’t make us human… It makes us addicts.” I am the light that drives you blind, The pulse that tears through heart and mind. Beautiful ruin, I can’t be tamed, Even I forget my name. hispered) “They still call it love…” (pause) “…and so do I.” (ends on faint string chord)
