[Intro – soft, cyclical bass riff; distant whispers layered in delay] A breath becomes a tremor, The tremor breaks the frame. I touch the edge of meaning, And it forgets my name. ⸻ [Verse 1] Carved in fear, a hollow creed, The ghost inside still learns to bleed. I polish pain until it shines, Reflections cut through all my lines. ⸻ [Pre-Chorus] Weightless in the wound, Floating toward the fire. The fragile soul resumes, The dance with its own wire. ⸻ [Chorus] I am the glass within, Cracked but still containing. Each fracture is a hymn, Each break — a new beginning. ⸻ [Instrumental – syncopated drums and layered guitar swells] ⸻ [Verse 2] The silence hums in hollow tones, The spirit bends around the bones. I hear the truth, it shakes the walls, The light reveals how thin it all… falls. ⸻ [Pre-Chorus] Stillness is the test, To see what won’t survive. Shatter what resists, To know what stays alive. ⸻ [Chorus] I am the glass within, Cracked but still containing. Each fracture is a hymn, Each break — a new beginning. ⸻ [Bridge – 7/8 tempo, spoken and whispered vocals] (spoken) Every scream is a prayer… Every fracture… a birth. The self dissolves and reforms, Until it remembers what it’s worth. (whispered) Fragile… not weak. Transparent… not gone. ⸻ [Final Chorus – slow, building intensity] I am the glass within, Infinite but fading. Shattered just to learn, What never needed saving. ⸻ [Outro – fading echoes of vocals and reversed guitar harmonics] (distant whisper) The cracks let the light in…
