[Intro, Low Strings, Distant Choir] (Whispered chant beneath sustained notes) [Verse 1, Male Voice, Controlled Growl] I walked your halls of marble white Where truth wears gold and sleeps at night Every smile carved into stone Every doubt is overthrown [Verse 2, Male Voice, Spoken-Growl, Sparse Riffs] You call it peace when voices fade Call it order when they’re afraid If harmony requires the blind Then silence is the crime you hide [Pre-Chorus, Tension Pulse, Choir Undercurrent] Count the names you never say Count the truths you cast away [Chorus, Heavy, Ominous] Beneath the halo, cracks run deep Your holy ground is built to keep The chosen close, the restless gone Your light survives by carrying on [Post-Chorus, Choir Murmur] (Beneath… beneath…) [Verse 3, Male Voice, Rising Intensity] I spoke once more and felt the blade Not steel, but song that made me fade No chains in sight, no blood, no flame Just exile sealed in heaven’s name [Pre-Chorus, Escalation] You didn’t strike, you didn’t kill You taught the world to break your will [Chorus, Expanded, Choir + Riffs] Beneath the halo, truth decays In perfect light, in endless praise You burn dissent, then call it sin And crown yourselves for staying clean [Bridge, Instrumental, Uneasy] (Low choir, dissonant strings, heartbeat percussion) [Final Chorus, Accusatory] Look beneath the halo’s glow See the cost you’ll never show I am not your enemy I am what you refused to see [Outro, Cold Resolve] (Choir fades to breath) Judge me if you must. But look at what you bless. [End]
