I Am One

[Verse 1 - cold open, resolved tenor] I met the boy I buried I met the beast I blamed I met the blood on both my hands And called them by my name I saw the hope I put to rest Still glowing under stone I saw the monster at my side Still guarding me alone I saw the scars that made me cruel I saw the wounds that made me kind I stopped dividing every ghost That lived inside my mind [Pre-Chorus - rising, unified robotic harmonies] I was the silence I was the scream I was the fracture Inside the dream I was the cage I was the key Every broken piece Was always me [Chorus - high tenor lead, robotic tenor/baritone/bass harmonies] I am one All I was All I am All I become I am one Scar and sun Hope and monster Blood and love I won’t run From what I’ve done I won’t split What I survived from I am one I am one [Verse 2 - faster cadence, controlled strength] I carry every version that I tried to leave behind The broken and the brutal and the one still reaching light The one who begged for mercy and the one who locked the door The one who wanted peace and the one who wanted war I am not clean, I am not cursed I am the last and I am the first I am the hand that held the knife I am the pulse that chose my life No more running from the mirror No more war inside my chest No more cutting out the darkness Just to prove I kept the rest [Pre-Chorus - bigger, robotic harmonies] I was the silence I was the scream I was the fracture Inside the dream I was the cage I was the key Every broken piece Was always me [Chorus - high tenor lead, robotic tenor/baritone/bass harmonies] I am one All I was All I am All I become I am one Scar and sun Hope and monster Blood and love I won’t run From what I’ve done I won’t split What I survived from I am one I am one [Bridge - compact, final inner vow] I don’t need to choose a side I don’t need to cut the cord Every ghost I ran from Is standing in one form [Breakdown - unification peak, robotic harmonies unified] I was the wound I was the weapon I was the mercy I was the threat Now every voice Inside my bones Sings as one [Final Chorus - full unified vocal stack] I am one All I was All I am All I become I am one Scar and sun Hope and monster Blood and love I won’t run From what I’ve done I won’t split What I survived from I am one I am one I am one All I was All I am All I become I am one Scar and sun Hope and monster Blood and love