Flame I Dare Not Name

[12 second Brooding cinematic intro: low strings, sparse echoing piano notes, subtle wind pad, minor key sets tense, introspective mood.]

[Verse 1]
Beneath a shadowed sky, I walk a path unknown,  
Each step heavy, each breath my own.  
I carry a fire I cannot show,  
A truth I’ll keep, no one will know.

[Pre-Chorus]
My heartbeat thunders in the silent night,  
The fire inside won’t let me hide.  
I reach for shadows, I chase what remains,  
A spark that drives me through these chains.

[Chorus]
I wait in the stillness, where darkness meets the light,  
Holding my silence close through the night.  
I’ll follow this whisper, though none can see,  
The fire inside that’s still part of me.

[Verse 2]
Shadows stalk like memories, brushing past my skin,  
Secrets ride the wind, a war I fight within.  
Each glance, a fleeting spark,  
A mark I carry deep in my heart.

[Pre-Chorus]
My heartbeat thunders in the silent night,  
The fire inside won’t let me hide.  
I reach for shadows, I chase what remains,  
A spark that drives me through these chains.

[Chorus]
I wait in the stillness, where darkness meets the light,  
Holding my silence close through the night.  
I’ll follow this whisper, though none can see,  
The fire inside that’s still part of me.

[Bridge]
If I stumble, if I fall, the night will keep my cries,  
But in this darkness, I’m alive, where the hidden fire lies.  
I move with caution, move with grace,  
Every step a story etched upon my face.

[Outro]
Beneath the moon, beneath the sky,  
I walk alone, yet I survive.  
The flame I dare not name remains,  
A truth I carry through the pain.

Cinematic mid-tempo with mid-range, gritty British vocals; brooding, intense, breathy, and emotionally charged delivery