ILLIUM - CONFESSIO (Confession Reimagined)

[Intro] [Child] Illium, what is a confession? [Male] Something you tell the truth about. [Child] Then confess. [Pause] [Male] Confess what? [Child] What you've been hiding. [Instrumental Rise] [Verse] Confiteor quod timui, (I confess that I was afraid,) Confiteor quod cecidi. (I confess that I fell.) Veritatem vidi, (I saw the truth,) Sed oculos clausi. (But I closed my eyes.) Vox mea tacuit, (My voice fell silent,) Cor meum clamavit. (My heart cried out.) [Pre-Drop] I have something to confess. I was afraid. [Child] Afraid of what? [Male] Afraid of myself. [Chorus] Confiteor. (I confess.) Confiteor. I confess. Peccavi. (I have sinned.) Paenitet me. (I regret it.) Sed adhuc vivo. (But I am still alive.) [DROP] CONFESS! [Break] [Child] Is that your confession? [Male] No. [Child] Then what is? [Verse II - Old Latin, Dark, Powerful] Confiteor me mutatum esse. (I confess that I have changed.) Quod eram, (What I was,) non sum. (I am not.) Quod feci, (What I did,) memoria manet. (The memory remains.) Sed culpa (But guilt) me non regit. (It does not rule me.) [Pre-Drop] My confession is not that I fell. It is that I stayed down. [Chorus] Confiteor. (I confess.) Sed surgo. (But I rise.) Confiteor. (I confess.) Sed procedo. (But I move forward.) [DROP ] CONFITEOR! (I confess!) CONFITEOR! (I confess!) CONFITEOR! (I confess!) CON— FI— TE— OR! [Break] [Child] Are you finished confessing? [Male] No. [Child Then keep going. [Final Pre-Drop] [Male] I confess my fear. I confess my guilt. I confess my past. And I confess... I still want to live. [Final Chorus] Confiteor. (I confess!) Vivo. (I live.) [FINAL DROP] CONFESS! CONFESS! CONFITEOR! (I confess!) CON— FESS— CON— FI— TE— OR! [Outro] [Child] Illium, was that the truth? [Male] Yes. [Child] Then why does it still hurt? [Male] Because it was true. ```