The Offering by JohnnyOstrum - Zona

The Offering by JohnnyOstrum - Zona

Lyrics

[Intro — AMBIENT / WHISPERED]

(wind, distant choir, low synth pulse)

I was standing at the edge of hope

With empty hands and a loaded soul

Every prayer felt like a broken rope

So I carved my heart into the dark unknown

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[Verse 1 — CLEAN, HAUNTED]

I saw the world in a dying light

Every smile was a warning sign

I would’ve burned down every sky

Just to keep you safe inside my mind

I was so afraid to lose your name

I fed my fear to the flame

Told myself it was love, not pain

As I started digging my grave

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[Pre-Chorus — RISING TENSION]

I whispered dreams to a silent god

No answer came, so I made my own

When the night asked what I would give

I said: anything, everything, just let them live

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[Chorus — HUGE / CLEAN + LAYERED SCREAMS]

So I gave my soul to the open wound

I laid my heart on a bed of truth

I made an offering out of you and me

To something I was too blind to see

I would bleed if it meant you’d breathe

I would break if it kept you free

I made an offering

And the dark answered me

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[Verse 2 — LOW, INTIMATE → BUILD]

I didn’t see the teeth in the smile

Didn’t feel the hands in the fire

Every promise sounded divine

As the night wrote your name in mine

I thought love was a holy war

But heaven doesn’t need this gore

I was begging for something more

While signing my name in the storm

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[Pre-Chorus 2 — GROWING]

I would’ve given them my skin and bones

If it kept your heart from being alone

I didn’t know I was building a throne

For something that would own my soul

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[Chorus — EXPANDED]

So I gave my soul to the open wound

I laid my heart on a bed of truth

I made an offering out of you and me

To something I was too blind to see

I would bleed if it meant you’d breathe

I would break if it kept you free

I made an offering

And the dark answered me

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[Bridge — SPOKEN → SCREAM]

(music drops)

I thought I was saving you

But I was just teaching the dark

How to use me

(FULL SCREAM)

I WASN’T READY FOR THE COST OF A MIRACLE

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[Final Chorus — MASSIVE]

I gave my soul to the open wound

I laid my heart on a bed of truth

I made an offering out of you and me

And the dark is inside of me

I would bleed if it meant you’d breathe

I would break if it kept you free

I made an offering

And the dark… answered me

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[Outro — HAUNTED / FADE]

(whispered)

This is where the monsters learned my name.