[Intro: cold synth pad, distant electric guitar, low cello] [Verse 1: clean male baritone, quiet but tense] You tried to name me with words that were not mine you watched me fall in silence and called it just a sign You left me in the doorway between the cold and flame but every scar remembers the shape of my own name [Pre-Chorus: drums enter softly, guitars rising] I was not made to disappear I was not born to live in fear [Chorus: powerful darkwave gothic rock chorus] Still I rise in the dark with a broken but burning heart you can turn away your eyes but you cannot kill my spark Still I rise in the dark through the ashes and the scars I may bleed beneath the night but I still know who I am [Verse 2: stronger, more determined] You wanted me quiet useful, small and tame a shadow in your corner with no voice and no claim But I have walked through silence and I have learned its cost the ones who tried to break me were the ones already lost [Pre-Chorus: full band building] I was not made to disappear I was not born to live in fear [Chorus: full emotional chorus] Still I rise in the dark with a broken but burning heart you can turn away your eyes but you cannot kill my spark Still I rise in the dark through the ashes and the scars I may bleed beneath the night but I still know who I am [Instrumental Break: emotional electric guitar solo, pulsing dark synth bass, mournful cello] [Bridge: quiet, intimate, then rising] I don’t need your blessing I don’t need your throne I don’t need your open door to know I am my own Keep your cold forgiveness keep your empty light I have found my shadow and I wear it like a crown tonight [Final Chorus: massive emotional gothic rock climax] Still I rise in the dark with a broken but burning heart you can turn away your eyes but you cannot kill my spark Still I rise in the dark through the ashes and the scars I may bleed beneath the night but I still know who I am [Outro: fading piano, low cello, distant guitar] Still I rise in the dark still I carry my name Still I rise in the dark and I will not fade away
