[Hook] sky split twice, I don’t bow, I expand shadow eats shadow, I spit it from my hand blood on my tongue, rhythm in my chest double eclipse, I confess, I confess [Threshold] I call the eclipse to the mouth of my chest I open the door, I confess, I confess shadow on shadow, the sky splits wide I step through the crack, I arrive, I arrive [Hook] half sun, sharp sky, I don’t bend, I refine this eclipse, this blade, makes the boundary mine blood on my tongue, rhythm in my chest shadow carves shadow, I confess, I confess [Verse 1] held too tight, body bound in rule scar on scar, every scar was school lungs full of silence, throat full of ache tonight I discard what I cannot remake this is not weakness, it’s clarity’s edge when the moon bites sun, I step from the ledge what I lost in the dark, I return to my breath what I keep in my hands is a vow past death [Hook] half sun, sharp sky, I don’t bend, I refine this eclipse, this blade, makes the boundary mine blood on my tongue, rhythm in my chest shadow carves shadow, I confess, I confess [Bridge / Incantation] release, release, Release ground, Ground, ground balance, balance, balance let it all resound [Verse 2] heartbeat stumble when the shadow slides equinoctial seam where the season divides I don’t beg for erasure, I don’t beg for relief I eclipse with the sky, I rewrite my belief spit back the burden, spit back the lie Saturn’s opposition is a blade I apply every crack is a doorway, not a debt partial eclipse, I reset, I reset [Hook] half sun, sharp sky, I don’t bend, I refine this eclipse, this blade, makes the boundary mine blood on my tongue, rhythm in my chest shadow carves shadow, I confess, I confess [Closing / Return] I return, I return -- to the body aligned, to the balance unbroken, to the ground that is mine. I seal what I opened, I carry the vow, I walk from the shadow, but I don’t bow down.


