[Verse 1 – Soft, reflective] Our war is done. No more goodbyes, no long farewells, no hope to shun. It’s safe at last. Harsh days are through. We held our ground, we never bowed. [Pre-Chorus – building] I wrote poems for me, to make sense of the toll, how war left me broken, and hollowed my soul. [Chorus – first lift, warm but insistent] So long, stoic mask. Be gone, steel eyes. Hope is no hopeless task, we can allow cries. ⸻ [Verse 2 – steady beat comes in] I’m ready to feel, to live in today. This time it’s real. This time I stay. I’ve learned to live without the mask. It served its task, now I can give. [Pre-Chorus – stronger instrumentation] I wrote poems for me, to make sense of the toll, how war left me broken, and hollowed my soul. [Chorus – bigger, more urgent] So long, stoic mask. Be gone, steel eyes. Hope is no hopeless task, we can allow cries. ⸻ [Bridge – drop in volume, raw vocal focus] But I see in you the steel still stays. Eyes locked away, lost in old days. Why hold so fast, still hide from the sun? We’ve won at last, please, drop the one. [Pre-Chorus – softer, intimate] I wrote poems for me, to make sense of the toll, how war left me broken, and hollowed my soul. ⸻ [Verse 3 – emotional climb] Now I see you, my love, still full of strife. You learned to endure, to be strong for two. But it’s safe now. Our war is done. We can lower the guard, and stand in the sun. [Final Chorus – full band, vocal push] So long, stoic mask. Be gone, steel eyes. Hope is no hopeless task, we can allow cries. [Outro – repeat refrain, fading] I wrote poems for me, to make sense of the toll… Now I write them for us, to heal both our souls.
