[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.