“AFTER THE BREAK” [Verse 1] There’s a crack beneath my heartbeat I tried so long to hide. A quiet fault line shifting with every breath I lied. I wore the night like armor, but the seams began to glow— there’s a light behind the curtain that was never meant to show. [Pre-Chorus] I stood still in the orbit of a life I didn’t choose. I kept holding my reflection till it slipped right through. [Chorus] And after the break— I heard my name in the fire. Every piece I thought was ruin rose and tangled with desire. I walked out of the smoke with nothing left to fake— I am more than what was breaking after the break. [Verse 2] There’s a voice inside the silence that I never let speak through. It’s the rhythm of the damage, turning scars into the truth. Retro synths like shadows lift the edges of my fear— I’m a story I abandoned now rewriting from the rear. [Pre-Chorus] All the fractures in my outline found a reason to align. Every fault became a doorway to what I couldn’t find. [Chorus] And after the break— I heard my name in the fire. Every piece I thought was ruin rose and tangled with desire. I walked out of the smoke with nothing left to fake— I am more than what was breaking after the break. [Bridge] Let the dark dissolve the borders, let the heat reveal the spine. What I lost was just a warning that I was running out of time. Now I rise, a different voltage— nothing fragile left to shake. Some rebirths aren’t gentle— some require the break. [Final Chorus] And after the break— I saw myself in the flame. Not the version they remembered, not the echo of a name. I came out of the night untouchable, awake— I’m becoming what I burned for after the break.