[Instrumental Intro – cinematic ambient pads, rising tension, deep reverb kick, reversed vocal textures swelling in]
(soft breathy hum, distant vocal runs)
Ahhh-ohh... (echo: ohh...)
Mmm-yeah...
[Verse 1]
I’m turning twenty-one this year
Two decades in and now it’s clear
Every ten has its own face
Its own war, its own grace
The mirror shows me who I’ve been
But deeper down, there’s more within
The light and dark are eye to eye
Both of them want to live, but only one survives
[Pre-Chorus – tension build, airy lift, vocal rise at end]
Ooooooh, I’m rising up into the night
Ooooooh, the silence breaking into flight
I hear the echo in my chest
It’s louder than the rest
My evil self is close, I know
But I won't let him take control
I’m lifting off, the winds collide
This is the battle for my life
[Chorus – euphoric drop, floating vocals with layered harmonies and reverb]
This is my second decade
I’m weightless in the flame
The world is spinning faster
But I’m not playing the same
The sky is pulling higher
I’m dancing through the fire
No fear in my design
I was born to realign
This is my second decade
Let heaven hear my name
The shadows tried to claim me
But I broke out of the chain
Now I’m the storm in motion
Alive inside the ocean
I’m floating, I’m ascending
And this is just beginning
[Verse 2]
My demons whisper, smooth and slow
“You need me more than you let show”
But I’ve seen love and I’ve seen light
Enough to stand, enough to fight
He smiles with all the weight I’ve lost
But I won’t pay that kind of cost
The good in me has bled too long
It’s time I give it back its song
[Pre-Chorus 2 – full harmony, breathy rise]
Ooooooh, I feel the fire in my breath
Ooooooh, I’m walking through this life and death
Each heartbeat is a battlefield
But I decide which side is real
Let the wind break through my past
This decade’s mine, I’ll make it last
My hands are light, my pulse is wild
I’m flying forward, undefiled
[Final Chorus – peak energy, full drop]
This is my second decade
And I am not the same
I’ve battled through the silence
And risen through the pain
My heart is now the captain
No fear, no more distractions
The war inside has burned away
And I’m alive today
This is my second decade
My soul begins to soar
No chains can hold me captive
I’m everything and more
So let the heavens open
The new me has awoken
I’m floating, I’m ascending
And this is just beginning
[Outro – final breath, harmony fade, soft vocal run]
Ahhh-ohhh
I’m ascending...
NickovanHyper