
But in you...
[Intro – Pianissimo | Airy Head Voice | Rubato Feel] I buried my name in the silence… ˘ Folded my truth into stone… ˘ Learned how to speak like a stranger ~ Even to myself alone… ˘ I wore every mask they handed ˘ Let them decide who I’d be… ~ Till all that was left in the mirror ˘ Was someone who wasn’t me… ~↓ (let that last note fall away like ash) [Verse 1 – Intimate | Close Mic | Fragile Air Support] I made a home in the shadows ˘ Where no one could ever see ˘ The corners I kept hidden ~ The parts that were still me ˘ I quieted every hunger ˘ For closeness, for being known ˘ Convinced if I let it surface ~ I’d shatter the world I’d grown… ↓ [Pre-Chorus – First Lift | Controlled Crescendo] So I let the silence keep me ˘ Let it hollow out my chest… ~ I called that emptiness “peace”… ↑ And I laid my heart to rest… ~↓ (first emotional crack should appear here) [Chorus 1 – First Expansion | Chest Mix Entry | G5 Peak Intro] Then you found me in the dark… ↑ ~ Where I thought no love could reach ˘ You spoke my hidden name ↑ Like it was sacred on your lips… ~ And I broke… into light ↑↑ ~ Into something I thought was gone ˘ You saw me… all of me ↑ And you loved me all along… ~↓ (hold “light” as your first true bloom note) I never knew a heart ˘ Could be held like this… so gently ~ I was lost to the world— ˘ But you… you remembered me… ~↓ [Verse 2 – Warmer Tone | Less Air, More Core] You traced every scar like scripture ˘ Every silence, every plea ˘ Like the parts I hid in darkness ~ Were holy in your eyes to see ˘ No fear when I unraveled ˘ No turning away in shame ˘ You stood in the storm I carried ↑ And loved me just the same… ~↓ [Pre-Chorus 2 – Bigger Lift | Choir Pad Support] And the walls I built for lifetimes ˘ Started falling at your feet… ↑ Every shattered piece within me ↑ Finally felt complete… ~↓ (“complete” should bloom wider than previous “rest”) [Chorus 2 – Fuller | Layered Harmony | Stronger G5] You found me in the dark… ↑↑ ~ Where I disappeared for years ˘ You held my hidden soul ↑ Through the weight of all my fears… ~ And I burned… into life ↑↑ ~ Like a fire through my veins ˘ You saw me… all of me ↑ And you loved me through the pain… ~↓ (“burned” should feel hotter than “broke” earlier) I never knew a heart ˘ Could be seen so completely ~ I was lost to the world— ˘ But you… you chose me… ~↓ [Bridge – Choir Dominant | Lead Floating Above] Choir carries most sustain here. Aaaah—eterna… anima… ~~~ Luce… voca me… ~~~ Amor… infinita… ~~~ Vita… redeeme… ~~~ (lead almost trembling, minimal push) Was I always meant to find you… ˘ At the edge of giving in? ~ Was every empty lifetime ˘ Just the road that led me here? ~↓ [Final Chorus – Full Release | Maximum Chest Mix | G5 Sustained Peaks] You found me in the dark… ↑↑ ~ When I had no faith to feel ˘ And you held me in your arms ↑ A fractured soul began to heal… ~ And I cried into life ↑↑ ~ Into something bright and true ˘ You saw me… all of me ↑ And I live because of you… ~~~ (“you” = longest sustain in entire song) I never knew that love ↑ Could be this deep… this endless… ~~~ I was an accursed thing ˘ But you made me feel so blessed… ~ (let vibrato fully open here) I am seen… I am known… ↑ Every hidden part forgiven ~ I was lost to the world— ˘ But in you… ~~~ … I am given ↑↑ ~~~~~ (final note: hold, widen vibrato, then dissolve into silence)


