[Intro – ambient, distant sirens] No ships. No shoreline. Just wire and warning signs. [Verse 1 – harsh] They built a lighthouse in a minefield Told the keeper “Guard the flame” No ocean ever touched it Still they blamed him for the waves He learned the maps of buried teeth By stepping where they lay Every morning lit the beacon Every night survived the spray But there was no water Only detonations under skin No sailors to be saved Just the echo of “You should’ve known better” again [Pre-Chorus – harsh building] If the ground explodes beneath you They’ll call it clumsy feet If the sky collapses inward They’ll say you liked the heat [Chorus – layered harsh] So I kept the light burning In a field that wanted blood Every step a loaded chamber Every prayer filled with mud I was never meant for oceans I was raised to scan for landmines The lighthouse in the minefield Was never meant to shine [Verse 2 – harsh] They wired the grass with silence Buried shame beneath the soil Told the child “Stand up straighter” While the dirt began to boil The horizon was a rumor The future just a threat Every time the earth erupted They’d ask why I was upset You ever try to breathe When the air has teeth? You ever try to run When the sky says “Stay beneath”? [Breakdown – crushing] Step. Click. Wait for it. Step. Click. Pray for it. The explosion wasn’t loud It was slow It was years It was hands that never bruised But engineered fear [Bridge – distant clean under harsh] And I asked the empty coastline “Was I ever meant to swim?” The wind said nothing back Just detonated within [Final Chorus – huge] So I kept the light burning Though it scorched my fucking hands Every spark a false confession Every order a command There were never any sailors Just a child trained to stand Alone inside a lighthouse Built on someone else’s land [Outro] No ocean. No ships. Just smoke rising from where I learned to exist.
