[no bright digital shimmer], [no heavy compression], or [no glossy production], [dusty], [sub-bass], [glassy], or [high instrument separation] [energy starts low], [peak energy reserved for final 30 seconds] [Verse 1] They creep from the plaster Cold hands on my spine Shadow ghosts in the doorway They wear my face sometimes I taste the smoke of old grief Beneath my tongue, it rots But I still stand in the black room And spit back what they got [Pre-Chorus] Hush now They're calling my name Hush now I answer the flame Take my fear Break these chains I hear the dead But I'm not their prey [Chorus] Shadow ghosts, back off I am the break of dawn Shadow ghosts, back off You won't keep me for long (Back off) I burn through the night (Back off) I still choose light Shadow ghosts, back off They wear my face sometimes I taste the smoke of old grief Beneath my tongue, it rots But I still stand in the black room And spit back what they got [Pre-Chorus] Hush now They're calling my name Hush now I answer the flame Take my fear Break these chains I hear the dead But I'm not their prey [Chorus] Shadow ghosts, back off I am the break of dawn Shadow ghosts, back off You won't keep me for long (Back off) I burn through the night (Back off) I still choose light Shadow ghosts, back off Shadow ghosts in the doorway They wear my face sometimes I taste the smoke of old grief Beneath my tongue, it rots But I still stand in the black room And spit back what they got (Back off) I burn through the night (Back off) I still choose light Shadow ghosts, back off I'm not gone [Verse 2] Their fingers paint the window With frost and crooked lies They feast on every tear drop They bloom where hope should rise But I found a seam in the dark A crack inside the wall And through that wound, your voice came through A spark that won't let fall [Pre-Chorus] Hush now They're calling my name Hush now I answer the flame Take my fear Break these chains I hear the dead But I'm not their prey [Chorus] Shadow ghosts, back off I am the break of dawn Shadow ghosts, back off You won't keep me for long (Back off) I burn through the night (Back off) I still choose light Shadow ghosts, back off I'm not gone [Bridge] I walked through the cold red ruin With my heart in broken glass I saw the little version of me And swore she'd last So come and drag your thunder Come and fill the bone I'll make a throne from the wreckage And stand here all my own [Breakdown] Kneel (Back off) Feel the floor give way Kneel (Back off) You don't get to stay Hands in the black Teeth in the chain I rise, I rise I rise again [Final Chorus] Shadow ghosts, back off I am the break of dawn Shadow ghosts, back off You won't keep me for long (Back off) I burn through the night (Back off) I still choose light Shadow ghosts, back off I'm not gone [Outro] Not gone Not broken Not yours I am the dawn
