[Verse 1] Summer dust in our sneakers Flashlights shaking in our hands Uncle Joe with his maps and markers Says "Tonight You’ll understand" Broken stones Painted jackals Echoed jokes to hide the chill You and me Just dumb young cousins Chasing legends for a thrill [Pre-Chorus] Found a door in a crooked hallway Gold eyes carved in the crumbling wall He said "Read this line together" We said the words We said them all [Chorus] Talisman in the dark We lit up a sleeping heart Every secret has a spark We struck it We struck it Ancient eyes open wide We woke what was meant to hide Crossed a line we can’t unwind And now it’s us And the tomb And the time We interrupted (hey!) [Verse 2] She rose first in a ring of embers Braids of night Metal at her throat Eyes like storms over old black water Not a page in Uncle’s notes Mummy’s sister in the silence Smiled like centuries ago Touched the charm and the room stopped breathing Said "I don’t fade I only grow" [Pre-Chorus] She looked straight through our shaking bodies "Spoke my name Now you’re part of mine" Uncle dropped every book he carried Said "Kids We crossed the wrong bloodline" [Chorus] Talisman in the dark We lit up a sleeping heart Every secret has a spark We struck it We struck it Ancient eyes open wide We woke what was meant to hide Crossed a line we can’t unwind And now it’s us And the tomb And the time We interrupted (woah) [Bridge] Stone lips whisper curses Verses Walls lean in The air turns cold Her hand hovers over our faces "Will you bend Or will you grow old?" Your fingers laced tight in my sweatshirt Uncle praying to names he misread She laughs "I’ve worn this life like armor You just pulled the thread" [Chorus] Talisman in the dark We lit up a sleeping heart Every secret has a spark We struck it We struck it Ancient eyes open wide We woke what was meant to hide Crossed a line we can’t rewind Now we belong To the tomb To the time We interrupted (yeah)

rock, Crunchy 2000s rock with driving power chords and live drums; male vocals in a storytelling verse, then explode into a shout-along chorus with stacked gang vocals. Gritty bass underpins palm-muted guitars in the verses, chorus opens with wide, distorted guitars and octave leads. Brief halftime bridge with tom-heavy build, then final chorus hits harder with extra harmonies and a held-out final chord.

Talisman in the Dark