[PIANO INTRO] [SOFT TAPE HISS] [INTIMATE BARITONE] They called it failure I called it feeling alive [VERSE 1] I was born between the waves And the weight of borrowed skies A little wax A little faith A pair of fragile alibis The heavens stretched forever Cold and perfect in their frame But perfection never taught me How to burn Or how to ache I saw your fire in the distance Golden teeth against the blue And for the first time in existence I wanted something I could lose [PRE-CHORUS] They said Don't touch Don't reach Don't dare But what is worship Without a prayer? [CHORUS] So I flew Straight into the mouth of light Into the kiss Into the bite Into the heat that stripped my feathers Bone from wax And myth from man I watched my wings ignite And thanked the flame For teaching me I can [POST-CHORUS] Burn Burn Beautifully [VERSE 2] What is eternity Without the threat of ending? What is a heartbeat Without the fear of stillness? A candle never trembles In a world without the wind And stars mean nothing If darkness never enters in I loved you because you could destroy me Because you could not stay Because every second with you Was already slipping away [PRE-CHORUS] A spark A breath A fleeting thing Yet somehow worth Everything [CHORUS] So I flew Straight into the mouth of light Into the kiss Into the bite Into the arms of something brighter Than the gods Had ever planned I watched my wings ignite And reached for you With burning hands [DJENT INTERLUDE] [SYNCOPATED CHUGS] [STOP] [REST] [WHISPER] Look how they call it tragedy [STOP] Look how they mourn [STOP] As if I wasn't smiling [BREAKDOWN — HALF-TIME] [CRUSHING SUB] [GUTTURAL VOCALS] I FELL BUT I WAS FALLING UP I BURNED BUT I WAS LIGHTING UP THE SKY THE SEA THE SPACE BETWEEN THE MAN I WAS AND WHAT I'D SEEN NO CAGE NO THRONE NO HALO NO CROWN JUST FIRE AS I CAME DOWN [CHOIR ENTERS] Ash to ocean Ash to foam Ash to everything I've ever known [FINAL CHORUS — HUGE] And if my body breaks apart Upon the waiting sea Then let the waves remember What the sun became to me Not a warning Not a punishment Not a lesson to recite But proof that love exists In things too beautiful To survive [OUTRO — PIANO, DISTANT GUITARS] A flame in the wind A breath underwater A spark in the dark A son of the sea Falling Still reaching For the light
