Verse 1 (Glass Marrow era) I have been the glass marrow fragile at the seams I have been the pale signal transmitting into nothing I have been the archive fever replaying what was lost I have been the soft collapse I know what that cost Verse 2 (Feral Hymns era) I have been the first wound cracking open in the dark I have been ungovernable I have been the spark I have been the thornfield the seizure and the lake I have been the feral hymn I know what that takes Pre-chorus And I have been the soil after everything burned down — I have been the slow return of something new from underground I have been every version every season of this self — and I am standing here with all of them and I would not trade a single one Chorus I have been every version every fracture every fire I have been the low and the enormous I have been the glass and the feral choir I have been every version and they all belong to me — I have been every version and together we are finally free Bridge (spoken over full orchestra) To the version of me that was glass: you were not weak. You were honest about the fracture. To the version of me that was feral: you were not wrong. You needed to burn. To every version I was ashamed of: I'm not anymore. I have been every version. I keep them all. Final Chorus (full orchestra, full voice) I have been every version every fracture every fire I have been the low and the enormous I have been the glass and the feral choir I have been every version and they all belong to me — I have been every version and together — (held, enormous) we are finally — FREE Outro (orchestra holds the peak, then slowly, slowly, withdraws) (until only strings remain) (until only one string remains) (silence)
