Burn This Into Me

[Verse 1]
I was raised on second chances
Hand-me-down hopes
Quiet in the corner
While the loud ones spoke
Every scar a secret
Every dream on mute
Till the weight of what I wasn’t
Started pulling at the roof
[Pre-Chorus]
I’ve been running from the mirror
Like it knows too much
But I’m tired of staying smaller
Than the shape of my own touch
[Chorus]
Burn this into me
Let me feel it
Let me bleed
If it never leaves
Maybe then I will believe
Turn my fear into a flame
Say my name
Say my name
If the world won’t remember
I’ll burn this into me
[Verse 2]
You were pacing in the kitchen
Bare feet
2 a.m
Saying
“If it doesn’t break you
How will you know who you are then?”
We lit matches on the sink edge
Watched them climb
Then fade
Swore we’d stop apologizing
Just for taking up our space
[Pre-Chorus]
I’ve been swallowing my thunder
Till my voice goes numb
But I’m done pretending silence
Is the only way I’m loved
[Chorus]
Burn this into me
Let me feel it
Let me bleed
If it never leaves
Maybe then I will believe
Turn my fear into a flame
Say my name
Say my name
If the world won’t remember
I’ll burn this into me
[Bridge]
[low vocal register]
Tell me this matters
Tell me I’m not just a face in the feed
[bagpipes swell slowly]
Tell me these fractures
Are the cracks where the light gets to breathe
[drums build
Violin climbing]
If every goodbye
Is a ghost in my teeth
I’ll chew through the night
Till there’s nothing left but me
[Chorus]
[Chorus]
[Outro]
[whispered vocals]
Burn this into me
Into bone
Into memory
[full band
Last hit]
Until I can’t forget
Who I came here to be

pop, Cinematic folk-pop anthem with male vocals; tom-heavy drums and marching snares drive an anthemic groove under rich drones of bagpipes and low cello. Verses stay intimate with soft pads and plucked strings; chorus explodes with stacked harmonies, bold violin lines, and wide drums. Final hook brings everything up a step with gang vocals and a soaring fiddle countermelody., deep, violin, cello