Hold The Flame

(soft synth pads + low 808 hum)

Yeah…

It’s late, but I can’t sleep.

Sometimes the weight get too deep.

(whisper) Light somethin’ for me…

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I’ve been talkin’ to the silence like it owe me an answer,

Half-lit candles, ghosts in the banter.

Used to see forever when I looked in your eyes,

Now I see reflections of the dreams we left to die.

We were fire and smoke, couldn’t tell ‘em apart,

Love felt holy ‘til it tore me apart.

Now I’m pourin’ out prayers with the ash in the tray,

Told myself I’d quit, but I light anyway.

(beat drops, bass slides)

Pain don’t pause for no one — I learned that quick,

Got angels in my corner, but the devil’s slick.

Every scar is a verse I ain’t wrote yet,

Still learnin’ how to breathe when the soul’s in debt.

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So if it’s dark where you stand,

(Drums fade, soft reverb vocals)

I’ll be the spark in your hand.

No matter how low the flame,

We still glow the same.

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Grab the lighter, baby, hold it high,

(hold it high, yeah)

We still shine, even when we cry.

Every heartbreak’s fuel, every tear’s a spark,

We turn pain to art, light up the dark.

Grab the lighter, baby, hold it close,

You know what we’ve been through the most.

Ain’t no smoke without somethin’ that burns,

We learn, we crash, we turn.

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(Acidic hi-hats + vocal chop echoing “burn”)

Yeah…

I seen mothers bury sons,

I seen dreams weigh a ton,

Every promise break once,

Every sinner tryin’ to run.

They said pain is a teacher — I been a student too long,

Studyin’ the silence, learnin’ where I belong.

They say hold your head high, but the world tilt steep,

When your hope don’t stretch far and your faith don’t sleep.

Drip by drip, we drown slow,

Numb hands, still we glow.

Every breath is rebellion, every pulse is proof,

You don’t need wings when the fire’s your truth.

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(soft piano + faint rain sample)

You said, “One day we’ll rise,” I said, “We already did.”

You just ain’t seen it through the smoke and the mid.

I been carryin’ your voice like a melody ghost,

Singin’ through my chest when I need you most.

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Grab the lighter, baby, hold it high,

Even if the stars don’t light the sky.

Every wound got a rhythm, every scar got a rhyme,

We heal in time — yeah, we heal in time.

Grab the lighter, baby, don’t let go,

We the match that the night can’t blow.

From the ashes, we’ll build our name,

Love ain’t gone — it just changed its flame.

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(whisper) Light somethin’ for me…

For the ones we lost.

For the ones still fightin’.

For the ones still tryin’ to find the spark.

(beat fades)