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INTRO (cinematic spoken, piano + vinyl)

I spent most of my life

Learning how to survive alone

No hands to hold, no voice calling me home

Smiling in the daylight, breaking in the dark

I got used to the silence

Used to carrying the weight

Telling myself this was fate

But then you found me…

And the war didn’t feel so loud

(Whisper doubles + reverse reverb swells)

VERSE 1

I learned to walk with no one there

Empty rooms and silent prayers

Built my armor out of pain

Taught my heart to stand in rain

Every step I fought alone

Made a kingdom out of stone

Never thought I’d feel a hand

Strong enough to make me stand

(Harmony: light octave doubles on line endings)

PRE

Then you found me in the fight

Didn’t flinch, didn’t run

You stood there in the fire

Like you’d always been the one

(Harmony: soft thirds above + riser + breath layer)

CHORUS (emotional lift)

I’ve been alone my whole life

Walking through the war

But when you stand beside me

I don’t shake anymore

You don’t just hold me

You make me believe

Like I’ve got an army

Standing behind me

(Stack: thirds + lower fifths + falsetto on “army”)

DROP 1 (melodic)

I’ve got an army behind me

I feel it in my bones

I’m not afraid of the dark now

I’m never alone

You make me invincible

You make me believe

With you beside me

Nothing can defeat me

(Harmony Stack: Tight thirds full lines Sustained harmony on “behind me” Wide falsetto octave pad Light gang vocal final line)

VERSE 2 (strip back)

I never learned to ask for help

Carried battles by myself

Wore my silence like a shield

Buried everything I felt

But you’re always one step ahead

Clearing war inside my head

Before the chaos even starts

You disarm the war in my heart

(Harmony: minimal doubles + airy oooh pad)

PRE 2 (bigger tension)

You don’t wait for me to fall

You move before I bleed

You make the ground beneath me

Feel like something I can keep

(Harmony: higher thirds + whisper layer + riser)

CHORUS 2 (bigger + warmer)

I’ve been alone my whole life

But now I finally feel strong

You don’t just love me

You prove I belong

Like I’ve got an army

Standing behind me

(Stack: double lead + wider harmonies + stronger falsetto)

FINAL DROP (heavy festival)

I’ve got an army behind me

Feel the fire in my chest

You turned my fear into lightning

Now I’m coming for what’s next

I hear the drums in my heartbeat

Feel the ground when I breathe

With you standing beside me

Nothing can bury me

I walk through flames, I don’t break

I bend the dark, I don’t shake

You made a weapon of me

Now there’s no enemy

(Heavy Harmonies: Distorted doubles under lead

Choir pad layer Gang vocals on impact lines Sub vocal for weight)

Chant Layer: Army behind me

Army behind me

I’m not alone

OUTRO (soft emotional release)

All my life I was fighting

With no one to see

Now the fire inside me

Burns differently

You didn’t just love me

You built the strength in me

Now I walk like a storm

With an army behind me

(Outro Stack: soft thirds + airy octave + long reverb tail)