[Intro] (Tense ambience, low drones, distant piano, building guitars) [Verse 1] Your name arrived folded inside my hand Small enough to hide, heavy enough to change me A single line of ink And suddenly every corridor had teeth I watched you cross the room Like you already knew the ending Like fear was something handed down That you’d decided not to inherit ⸻ [Pre-Chorus] You didn’t promise tomorrow. You said, “Come anyway.” ⸻ [Chorus] Julia… If they want my tongue Let them earn it If they want my knees Let them break them You taught me that a quiet voice Can shake a city built on lies Julia… I’d rather vanish beside you Than spend another lifetime Pretending I was never here ⸻ [Verse 2] We borrowed hours nobody counted Hidden where the maps forgot to look Your hands smelled of leaves and cold earth Mine only knew paper and dust You laughed at things I couldn’t hear As though the world had kept one secret Not every door was built to lock Some were waiting To be opened ⸻ [Pre-Chorus] No speeches. No banners. Just… “Take my hand.” ⸻ [Chorus] Julia… If they want my tongue Let them earn it If they want my knees Let them break them You taught me that a quiet voice Can shake a city built on lies Julia… I’d rather vanish beside you Than spend another lifetime Pretending I was never here ⸻ [Bridge]** (Clean guitars into orchestral swell) I carried a face That never belonged to me You looked straight through it And spoke to the man underneath That was the first crime. ⸻ [Breakdown]** (Violent, syncopated, screamed) WRITE MY NAME WHERE THEY CAN’T REACH BENEATH THE SKIN BENEATH THE TEETH YOU CAN EMPTY EVERY SHELF YOU CAN SILENCE EVERY STREET BUT YOU’LL NEVER MAKE ME SAY I NEVER MET YOU ⸻ [Final Chorus]** (Huge, orchestral, desperate) Julia… When they erase Every photograph When every witness disappears When memory is treated Like another broken law I’ll still carry The weight of your hand Long after They’ve forgotten Mine. ⸻ [Outro]** (Single piano, fading ambience) You never asked me to be brave. You simply refused To be afraid.
