[Verse 1 — soft, slow, spacious]
I walked past your dimming light,
never knowing it was a warning.
You were filling with your own tides,
while I mistook your drowning for breathing.
Your fingers reached through shadows,
but I never turned my head.
Your voice fell into the silence
where all my selfish thoughts were fed.
[Pre-Chorus — fragile, airy]
You stitched yourself in darkness
as I slept through all your ache…
Your soul was calling out for mercy—
I was too far to hear it break.
[Chorus — mournful, restrained]
I was blind to your suffering,
deaf to your trembling pleas.
You begged to be lifted upward—
I only pulled you underneath.
You choked on all my absence,
drowned in the storms I made…
I was the anchor on your spirit,
the weight that never gave.
[Verse 2 — even slower, colder]
You held out your final thread,
and I unraveled all you offered.
You carried love in famine—
I took more than you could suffer.
You became a fractured temple,
and I praised my hollow crown…
I lit fires in your fragile walls
and cursed you when they burned down.
[Bridge — vulnerable, quiet]
And still…
you reached for me.
But I was already
walking away.
[BREAKDOWN — HALF-TIME, SLOW, CRUSHING— screamed but restrained]
I BROKE YOU
WHEN YOU NEEDED ME WHOLE.
I LEFT YOU
WHEN YOU BEGGED FOR A SOUL.
I TURNED FROM
THE HAND YOU EXTENDED.
I BECAME THE WOUND
YOU NEVER MENDED.
[Fade out]
[Faster tempo, uplifting, rhythmic, hopeful]
[Verse 3 — brighter, pulsing]
But the dawn broke through my ribcage
and revealed what I’d become.
Your ghost was standing in my chest,
still beating like a drum.
I traced the fractures in your story,
found my fingerprints in every one…
And something sacred rose within me—
a will to overcome.
[Pre-Chorus — rising energy]
So let me be the breath you lost,
the shelter from the rain…
I’ll rebuild every shattered place
my silence left in pain.
[Verse 4 — confident, rhythmic, warm]
I walk back through the wreckage
with gentler steps than before.
Collecting every broken piece
I once abandoned on the floor.
If redemption is a ritual,
set the altar—I will kneel.
Let my actions speak the language
that my words failed to reveal.
[Chorus — huge, soaring, triumphant]
I’m awake to your spirit now,
I’ve opened up my hands.
I’ll carry all the weight you held
and help you learn to stand.
If you falter, lean upon me—
I’ll be steady, I’ll be true.
Every part of me I’m shaping
is shaped for loving you.
[Bridge — ethereal, floating]
You are the altar,
and I am the offering.
You are the tremor,
and I am the softening.
Where you once fell,
I now will stand…
I’ll heal your heart
with both my hands.
[FINAL BREAKDOWN — bright, heavy, victorious]
REBORN IN THE FIRE
I ONCE LET DEVOUR YOU.
I’LL SHOULDER THE PAIN
IF IT EVER RUNS THROUGH YOU.
LEAN ON MY STRENGTH—
I’LL NEVER LET GO.
I’LL GUARD YOUR HEART
LIKE THE SPIRIT I OWE.
[Big Finish — gentle, uplifting, slow light]
If love is resurrection,
then this is where we rise…
Two spirits intertwined,
reborn before our eyes.
Atlantica
