℗ Copyright 2026 by Midknightoil Music ☢ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 🧶 - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3RHtX1sMkxhBIXBxdqftsK 📻 - YouTube Music: https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCuW6er98D210fb6pIcp9jpA 🍎 - Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/midknightoil-music/1771715875 ✖ - X Artist: https://x.com/Midknightoil_M 📽 - TikTok Artist: https://www.tiktok.com/@midknightoil 📸 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/midknightoil_music/ 🎧 - Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/artists/B0DJCJXCL2/midknightoil-music 💜 - Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/us/artist/284428631 🌐 - Website: https://www.thrownexception.com Author Notes: An oyster does not ask for the sand that wounds it, yet layer by layer it builds something lustrous from the pain. Such is the story anyone who did the same — dragged through darkness in life, clawing toward light, until the darkness itself is transformed into beauty. [Shell of Discomfort] Born into skin, Hard as a shell. A life of discomfort, My soul is unwell. [Chorus of Revelation] All I ever knew, Was grit and grime. And for every single tear I cried, The sky opened wide. And it said "That's life". [Transformation of Pain] Now look what I've made, From all of my pain. The weight of the world, Became a black pearl. [Chorus of Revelation] All I ever knew, Was grit and grime. And for every single tear I cried, The sky opened wide. And it said "That's life". [Bridge to Defiance] You gave me darkness, But I turned it into something. You can call it a curse, But I know it's a blessing. --- I went through hell, But I came out clean. You can't hurt me, You can't hurt me. [Chorus of Revelation] All I ever knew, Was grit and grime. And for every single tear I cried, The sky opened wide. And it said "That's life". [Shining into the Darness] Born into skin, Hard as a shell. Now I'm a black pearl, Beauty forged by hell. All that grit, All that grime, Polished into something. That shines. Now I shine. I shine. I shine. I shine. [fade to end]
