"Vita Nova" | A Song About Entering New Worlds

[Intro] 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 bound, not on my 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, I won't trust my voice, I'll tie the way back so it isn't 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, I won't trust my voice, I'll tie the way back so it isn't my choice. If life is a wall, I will learn the seam, Not to run… to widen the dream. [Bridge] 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 won't be the hand that keeps me inside, So the door swings home on a rope, not my pride. I come back changed, with clearer eyes, More gratitude for this one life. [Chorus] 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, I won't trust my voice, (Lux in tenebris!) I'll tie the way back so it isn't my choice. If life is a wall, I will learn the seam, Not to run… to widen the dream. [Outro] Vita nova! Vita nova! Lux! Lux! Lux!