(Instrumental Intro – sparse acoustic guitar, distant bodhrán, airy vocal hums, wind ambience) [Verse 1 – female lead, soft and haunting] In a house where the shadows grew teeth at night Where whispers wore a mother’s skin Two hearts learned silence before they could speak And love was a dangerous thing [Verse 2 – male voice joins, low and warm] “Come with me,” said the brother so young “To the woods where the wild things run free” But the forest was thirsty, the streams spoke in spells And drank what he used to be [Pre-Chorus – duet, building tension] “Don’t drink the silver, don’t drink the red…” But hunger and fear blur the words she said [Chorus – powerful, soaring female lead + harmonies] Oh, the forest takes what the broken bring Turns blood into myth, turns pain into spring But I will not leave you, whatever you are Not beast, not shadow, not lost in the dark Through curse and through silence, through night without end I’ll call you my brother again and again [Verse 3 – male voice (as the deer), fragile, echo effect] I run with the antlers, I sleep in the frost But I remember your name in the leaves And though I am hunted, though I am not whole Your voice is the thread I still breathe [Verse 4 – female lead, stronger now] In a castle of strangers with gold on their tongues I wore a crown carved from fear But love is a fire no silence can drown And truth will eventually appear [Pre-Chorus – duet, more urgent] “They’ll bind you in shadows, they’ll call you a lie…” But truth has a way it survives [Chorus – bigger, full instrumentation] Oh, the forest takes what the broken bring Turns blood into myth, turns pain into spring But I will not leave you, whatever you are Not beast, not shadow, not lost in the dark Through curse and through silence, through night without end I’ll call you my brother again and again [Bridge – dramatic, Florence-style intensity] (Female) They tried to erase me, to burn what they feared (Male) But love is a language no fire has cleared (Female) I stood in the ashes, I spoke without sound (Duet) And the spell broke apart when the truth was found [Final Chorus – explosive, layered vocals] Oh, the forest takes what the broken bring But love rewrites what the darkness sings And you are not what the curse made you be You are the boy who once ran with me Through fear and through fire, through all that may end I found you, my brother, again and again [Outro Verse – quiet, reflective, duet stripped down] So if you are changed, if the world makes you strange If your voice feels lost in the din Hold tight to the ones who remember your name That’s where your story begins Because no spell is stronger than love that remains No shadow outlives the light within And even the broken, the wild, and the torn Can find their way back again
