Verse 1 I found a swing above the water Moonlight splitting through the trees Told myself I liked the silence But I just liked what made me leave First it felt like holy vision Gold inside my hollow veins Every color split in prisms Every whisper turned to flame Pre-Chorus I said it made me sharper I said it made me wise But it was only silk around my throat In disguise Chorus Fae in my veins Burning like a crown of light Fae in my veins Turning wrong into divine I called it power, called it truth Called it something I could tame But every time I said I ruled it It was ruling me the same Verse 2 Killing turned mechanical Like brushing teeth at night Pulse reduced to background noise Flesh reduced to appetite Rage was just a ritual Grief was something I could mute If the shaking ever started I baptized it as pursuit Pre-Chorus I told myself I chose it Said I could refuse But the hand that held the hunger Was the one I couldn’t lose Chorus Fae in my veins Liquid gold and quiet chains Fae in my veins Whispering my name Millennia of borrowed thunder Wrapped in velvet flame I wore it like a sovereign While it tightened every chain Bridge Empty flask Blackened eyes Something twisting in my spine I would’ve traded anything For one more perfect high Stone and iron Tiny wings Cages lined along the wall For the first time in a thousand years I saw it all Outro Fae in my veins Not a gift, not grace Just a hunger dressed in heaven With my face
