Runes in the Dark

[Verse 1]
Sketches on a coffee napkin
Lines that never meant a thing
Till they start to burn my fingers
Like they’re waking up in ink
Brooklyn turns to broken glass now
Shadows crawling up the walls
You say my name like it’s an answer
To a question I don’t recall
[Pre-Chorus]
You tell me I was born for this
Blade and blood and faith and risk
Every truth a loaded kiss
So what do I do with it?
[Chorus]
I got runes in the dark
And they’re calling me (calling me)
Every scar on my skin writes a prophecy
You say “jump” and I fall through a shattered sky
Half of me is yours
Half is terrified
If my heart is a weapon
Then strike with me
I am more than the girl that I used to be
In the crossfire of love and destiny
I’ll hunt the night till it kneels to me
[Verse 2]
You move quiet through the chaos
Golden rage behind your eyes
Laugh like nothing really scares you
Till I see the cracks inside
We’re a prayer and we’re a warning
Dripping circles onto stone
Kissing right before the carnage
So we don’t go in alone (oh)
[Pre-Chorus]
Every promise tastes like danger
Every touch could break the spell
Are we saving all these strangers
If we can’t save ourselves?
[Chorus]
I got runes in the dark
And they’re calling me (calling me)
Every scar on my skin writes a prophecy
You say “jump” and I fall through a shattered sky
Half of me is yours
Half is terrified
If my heart is a weapon
Then strike with me
I am more than the girl that I used to be
In the crossfire of love and destiny
I’ll hunt the night till it kneels to me
[Bridge]
When the monsters wear familiar faces
When the bloodline burns like a brand
Will you stand in the wreck of my choices
Still reaching for my hand? (hey)
[Chorus]
I got runes in the dark
And they’re calling me (calling me)
Every scar on my skin writes a prophecy
You say “jump” and I fall through a shattered sky
Half of me is yours
Half is terrified
If my heart is a weapon
Then strike with me
I am more than the girl that I used to be
In the crossfire of love and destiny
I’ll hunt the night till it kneels to me
(till it kneels to me, yeah)

Cinematic pop-rock with urgent drums, airy synth pads, and chiming electric guitars. Verses stay tight and tense, low male-female duet vocals or stacked leads; chorus explodes with big gang harmonies and tom-heavy fills. Bridge strips to piano and pulse-y bass before a final anthemic chorus with soaring belts and echoing delay tails., world