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Burn Me Into Being [SSC8, Sweden]

Cheshirah
gothic folk foundation that evolves into cinematic chamber dark pop with a subtle trip-hop pulse, Slow, hypnotic tempo (≈74–80 BPM), Begin with intimate fingerpicked acoustic guitar or sparse piano, warm low cello drone, and minimal atmospheric texture, Deep female contralto vocal, close-mic, breathy ceremonial delivery, devotional invocation tone, restrained emotional expression, Gradually introduce heartbeat-like downtempo trip-hop percussion, deep warm sub-bass, and chamber strings (cello, viola, violin tremolo) to create rising heat and tension, First chorus blooms slightly with cinematic orchestral strings while retaining folk intimacy, Verse 2 returns to intimacy but with expanded atmosphere and pulse, Bridge strips back to near-silence with drone, fragile confessional vocal, and ritual tension, Final chorus fully ignites: wide orchestral strings, layered harmonic vocal choirs, subtle saturation, expanded stereo field—engulfing, emotional, and overwhelming but not triumphant
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Something in you calls the part of me That wants to disappear Every time I pull away I feel you drawing near I tell myself it’s temporary Just a shadow passing through But every silence in my body Ends by answering you I know what this could cost me I know what won’t survive But something in the burning Feels closer to alive Burn me into being Let the fire take me whole Take all I’ve been hiding Strip me down to soul You don’t ask for promises You don’t ask me to believe You just move a little closer Till there's nothing left to grieve I feel it in the silence Where I used to hide from heat Every breath I try to steady Only makes the pull complete I know what this could break in me I know what disappears But something in the burning Grows louder than my fears Burn me into being Let the fire take me whole Take all I’ve been hiding Strip me down to soul If this is my undoing I enter without shame I saw the blaze before me and still I fed the flame Burn me into being Let the fire take me whole Take all I’ve been hiding Strip me down to soul Burn me into being I’m already in the flame Leave only what is real Even if I fade unnamed Lyrics: Cheshirah