[Verse 1]
Summer dust in our sneakers
Flashlights shaking in our hands
Uncle Joe with his maps and markers
Says
"Tonight
You’ll understand"
Broken stones
Painted jackals
Echoed jokes to hide the chill
You and me
Just dumb young cousins
Chasing legends for a thrill
[Pre-Chorus]
Found a door in a crooked hallway
Gold eyes carved in the crumbling wall
He said
"Read this line together"
We said the words
We said them all
[Chorus]
Talisman in the dark
We lit up a sleeping heart
Every secret has a spark
We struck it
We struck it
Ancient eyes open wide
We woke what was meant to hide
Crossed a line we can’t unwind
And now it’s us
And the tomb
And the time
We interrupted (hey!)
[Verse 2]
She rose first in a ring of embers
Braids of night
Metal at her throat
Eyes like storms over old black water
Not a page in Uncle’s notes
Mummy’s sister in the silence
Smiled like centuries ago
Touched the charm and the room stopped breathing
Said
"I don’t fade
I only grow"
[Pre-Chorus]
She looked straight through our shaking bodies
"Spoke my name
Now you’re part of mine"
Uncle dropped every book he carried
Said
"Kids
We crossed the wrong bloodline"
[Chorus]
Talisman in the dark
We lit up a sleeping heart
Every secret has a spark
We struck it
We struck it
Ancient eyes open wide
We woke what was meant to hide
Crossed a line we can’t unwind
And now it’s us
And the tomb
And the time
We interrupted (woah)
[Bridge]
Stone lips whisper curses
Verses
Walls lean in
The air turns cold
Her hand hovers over our faces
"Will you bend
Or will you grow old?"
Your fingers laced tight in my sweatshirt
Uncle praying to names he misread
She laughs
"I’ve worn this life like armor
You just pulled the thread"
[Chorus]
Talisman in the dark
We lit up a sleeping heart
Every secret has a spark
We struck it
We struck it
Ancient eyes open wide
We woke what was meant to hide
Crossed a line we can’t rewind
Now we belong
To the tomb
To the time
We interrupted (yeah)