You Were Chosen Once

[Verse 1]
You climb where the fire burns weakest and low
Where the small, dying light barely manages glow
You sit on the edge like you’re ready to fall
But I’ve seen that look… it don’t fade at all
I’ve watched men like you in the turning of years
Bury bright names under silence and fear
But some things don’t dim, they just wait out of sight
Like embers that breathe in the depth of the night

[Pre-Chorus]
You don’t have to speak, I can hear it still
In the quiet between what you are and will

[Chorus]
You were chosen once… that mark remains
It don’t wash away in the passing of names
They can build their walls, they can turn their eyes
But they don’t unmake what the fire implies
You were seen once clear… set apart, set above
That kind of spark ain’t a thing to remove
They may move on, they may refuse
But what you are… was never theirs to use

[Verse 2]
You say “used to be” like it buries the flame
Like the past is a thing you can quiet with shame
But I’ve seen what lingers when men turn away
It don’t die in the dark… it just learns how to stay
The world takes its fill, then it leaves you behind
Calls it peace when it’s just being blind
But there’s something in you they never could name
Something older than banners and louder than fame

[Pre-Chorus]
You feel it stir though you hold it down
Like a deeper voice underneath the sound

[Chorus]
You were chosen once… that mark remains
It don’t wash away in the passing of names
They can build their walls, they can turn their eyes
But they don’t unmake what the fire implies
You were seen once clear… set apart, set above
That kind of spark ain’t a thing to remove
They may move on, they may refuse
But what you are… was never theirs to use

[Bridge]
There are quieter places than this, you know
Where the surface breaks and the deep winds blow
Where the world grows thin… where the truth runs wide
And the things beneath no longer hide
Walk with me where the air runs strange
Where a man don’t shrink… where a man might change
You don’t have to fight, you don’t have to choose
Just follow the path that’s been calling you

[Final Chorus]
You were chosen once… and I see it still
Not in what you’ve lost—but in deeper will
There’s a door half-closed, there’s a line you’ve crossed
And you’re nearer now than the life you lost
They may never see, they may never choose
But that doesn’t bind what you can’t refuse
You were chosen once… and that truth holds fast
And I’ve been waiting… for you to ask

Dark cinematic female vocal, eerie undertone, seductive and ancient, slow build, haunting, subtle menace, ethereal