[Intro - whispered, distant] You called me from the other side of the flood Static in the marrow Gold in the wound [Verse 1 - restrained, sparse] I kept the doorway open Kept the kettle on Fed the ghosts your name Long after you'd gone The walls learned your language The floorboards kept score Every shadow in the house Still waited by the door [Pre-Chorus - building tension] And I... Hear the tide beneath the wires Hear the choir inside the fire [Chorus - soaring, powerful] If you're the storm I summoned Then let the heavens split I wore your chains so long They're hanging from my ribs If you're the wound I worshipped Then let the scar remain I found a different god Living underneath the pain [Instrumental Break - swelling, cinematic] [Verse 2 - heavier drums enter] The river took the offering The moon consumed the debt I buried every promise That I couldn't forget Now the mirror shows a stranger With your fingerprints erased Standing where the ruin was Learning how to take up space [Pre-Drop - filtered, rising] Cut the lights Cut the signal Cut the tether One by one [Drop - massive, crushing] I AM NOT THE ALTAR I AM NOT THE KNIFE I SURVIVED THE HUNGER THAT WAS CALLING ITSELF LIFE [Bridge - half-time, intimate] And if you hear me now Beyond the blackened sea Know the cage is empty And the animal is free [Final Chorus - biggest section] If you're the storm I summoned Then let the heavens split I built a throne from bones And learned to sit with it If you're the wound I worshipped Then let the scar remain The thing that nearly killed me Could not survive the change [Outro - fading, reverbed] No more offerings No more names Only the tide Only the rain [End]
