When I Die by OGknox7 - Zona

When I Die by OGknox7 - Zona

Lyrics

[Intro - distant piano, soft reverse swells, low heartbeat kick, cold ambient pad]

If I go quiet in the night

If my breath leaves with the light

Father, will You find me there

[Verse 1 - palm-muted guitar, pulsing bass, restrained drums, fragile clean vocal]

I know Your name, I know the words

I know the lines that heal the hurt

But when the room goes still at night

My faith feels thin, my chest turns tight

I want to trust with all I am

But doubt still shakes what hope I have

I’m not too busy, not too far

I’m just afraid of where we are

[Pre-Chorus - guitars widen, toms roll, lead guitar trembles underneath]

I read of peace, I sing of grace

Then feel the fear rise in its place

If death comes close before I’m ready

Will You still hold me steady

[Chorus - full distorted guitars, crashing cymbals, wide bass, soaring cleans with scream accents]

When I die, when I die

Will You meet me on the other side

Will the dark end or swallow light

Father, don’t let go when I die

I’m reaching out with shaking hands

For more than I can understand

If You can hear me through this cry

Don’t let me go when I die

[Verse 2 - guitars open wider, bass pushes harder, drums more driving, vocal more urgent]

I’ve begged for signs, I’ve begged for fire

For one clear voice above the choir

I’ve smiled in rooms where faith looked strong

Then drove home feeling all alone

I hate how fear can wear Your face

How shame can speak as if it’s grace

I want a love that outlives breath

A hand that holds me past my death

[Pre-Chorus - toms swell, octave lead rises, tension builds with open chords]

I don’t need all the answers now

I just need mercy in my doubt

If my last moment comes in silence

Please be louder than my violence

[Bridge - stripped piano, sub bass, distant guitar harmonics, near-whisper vocal]

I don’t want religion

I don’t want noise

I want a Father

I want Your voice

Not just tonight

Not just in fear

Stay in the silence

Stay with me here

[Breakdown - crushing guitars, pounding drums, screamed lead with sustained low chords]

If my faith breaks

If my heart fails

If fear is all that fills my lungs

Be there, be there

After the silence

Be there, be there

When I’m gone

[Final Chorus - massive guitars, layered cleans and screams, melodic lead line above the wall of sound]

When I die, when I die

Be the arms that meet me on the other side

Be the light that tears apart the night

Father, don’t let go when I die

I’m reaching out with all I am

For mercy more than I understand

If You can hear this final cry

Don’t let me go when I die

[Outro - fading piano, ringing harmonics, soft ambient swell, heartbeat disappears]

If I go quiet in the night

If my breath leaves with the light

Father, will You find me there…..