(Instrumental Intro – soft fingerpicked guitar, distant violin, wind ambience) [Verse 1, raspy noble baritone male vocale] In a house of ivy, where the shadows breathe Lived a broken story no one would believe Not a cursed monster, not a spell gone wrong Just a man forgotten for being too strong They called him a beast by the scars he wore By the silent rage he could not ignore But deep in the ruin of splintered stone Was a heart still aching not to be alone [Pre-Chorus] And the world turned cold, and it turned away From the things it feared, from the things it couldn’t name [Chorus (Driving Folk-Rock Rhythm, female vocal warm haunting british alto)] Oh, look through the skin, see the heart underneath, We’re all just ghosts in the ivy and wreath. In the dark we are shadows, in the light we are free, You’re the beast in the mirror, and the beast is in me! So burn down the walls that we built in our pride, There’s no one to fear, there is nothing to hide— Just a soul in the silence, waiting to be, The heart that is breaking, to finally see. [Verse 2 (Male vocal: raspy noble baritone)] She came like a whisper through autumn leaves With a fearless grace and a quiet belief Not a helpless beauty, not a tale of grace But a soul that dared to look in his face She saw no monster, no twisted frame Just a man in exile, stripped of his name And where others trembled, she chose to stay In the ruins where truth had been locked away [Pre-Chorus] And the silence spoke in a fragile tone Of the cost of fear, of a life unknown [Chorus] [Chorus (Driving Folk-Rock Rhythm), Lead Female, warm haunting british alto] Oh, look through the skin, see the heart underneath, We’re all just ghosts in the ivy and wreath. In the dark we are shadows, in the light we are free, You’re the beast in the mirror, and the beast is in me! So burn down the walls that we built in our pride, There’s no one to fear, there is nothing to hide— Just a soul in the silence, waiting to be, The heart that is breaking, to finally see. [Final Chorus – more powerful, Female vocal: warm haunting british alto, layered vocals, Big Anthem Chorus] Oh, now we see beyond the skin and bone No one was meant to stand alone In the dark we hide, in the light we rise Through the shattered truth behind our eyes Call him a beast, call her the flame They rewrote the story, they broke the chain No fairytale, no disguise to wear Just two souls learning how to care [Outro Verse – soft, reflective, Both Female vocale, warm haunting british alto Male vocale raspy noble baritone] So the tale we tell is not of a curse But the fear inside that can make things worse And the truth we learn, if we choose to see Is the beast in him lives in you and me
