Aurelia’s Ice (The Sister I Buried)

"They say blood is thicker than water. They say family is forever. They're wrong. Family is a choice. And I chose. I chose the ice. I chose the cold. I chose myself."

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[VERSE 1]

I was born with ice in my veins.
Not a curse. Not a wound. Not a stain.
A gift. A clarity. A way to see
Through the rot. Through the lies. Through the family.
They called me cold. They called me cruel.
They called me the thing that broke the rule.
They didn't understand. The rule was made
By the weak. The soft. The ones who stayed.
I left. I became a queen.

The Jakobs name. The Jakobs debt.
I never owed it. I never let
It wrap around my throat like a noose.
I chose the ice. I chose to loose
Myself from the thing that was never mine.

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[HOOK]

AURELIA'S ICE. AURELIA'S CROWN.
I BUILT MYSELF FROM THE GROUND DOWN.
NO DEBT. NO NAME. NO ROTTEN TREE.
I AM THE COLD. I AM THE FREE.
AURELIA'S ICE. AURELIA'S THRONE.
I MADE MY WORLD. I MADE IT ALONE.
THEY CALLED ME MONSTER. I CALLED IT THE TOOL
THAT CUT THE CHAIN. THAT OPENED THE DOOR.
AURELIA'S ICE. I WANT FOR NOTHING MORE.

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[VERSE 2]

My brother stayed. My brother tried.
He thought the name could be purified.
He walked the fields. He knelt in the mud.
He offered his hands. He offered his blood.
I watched from the ice. I thought "what a fool
For a name that will never be clean."
I don't hate him. I don't love.
I am the thing that doesn't think twice.
He chose to stay. I chose to go.
That's the only truth I know.

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[BRIDGE]

"You think I'm the monster. The one who left. You're right. But the monster isn't the one who leaves. The monster is the one who stays and pretends the rot isn't there. I didn't pretend. I chose the ice. And the ice is honest."

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[VERSE 3]

He writes to me sometimes. Wainwright.
Letters full of hope. He says "come home."
I don't answer. I don't feel the guilt.
He thinks I'm the sister he used to have.
She's dead. She died in the cold.
She died the day I chose to hold nothing.
I am the ice. I don't forget.
But I don't mourn. I don't regret.

He's building something. Let him build.
I know better. The ice doesn't pretend.
I am the ice. I am the end
Of the line. The one who left.
The sister he buried. The sister he kept.
I am the ice. I am the cold. I chose.

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[FINAL HOOK]

AURELIA'S ICE. AURELIA'S CROWN.
I BUILT MYSELF FROM THE GROUND DOWN.
NO DEBT. NO NAME. I AM THE COLD. I AM THE FREE.
AURELIA'S ICE. AURELIA'S THRONE.
I MADE MY WORLD. I MADE IT ALONE.
HE CALLS ME SISTER. I CALL ME NONE.
THE ICE IS THE ONLY THING I'VE EVER WON.

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[OUTRO]

"He asks if I remember the nursery. The room at the end of the hall. I remember. I remember the ice that grew in my chest when I realized no one was coming. So I became the cold. I became the thing that doesn't wait. Doesn't hope. Doesn't break."

"That's the truth. That's the ice. That's the sister he buried."

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