[slow fade in, sub like distant water pressure, breath audible]
Atlantic on my chest
No air inside
Ribs holding the ocean
Still I stand
[beat enters, low and sparse]
[Verse 1]
I feel the alignment break me
Not dark, not light — exact
On the edge where god meets animal
I hold the last intact
I don’t kneel, I don’t ask
I never learned the vow
Something burning in the hollow
I refused — until now
[Chorus]
[loop, epic, restrained rage]
Stay back, stay back
Stay with me
I’m burning — bear witness
Don’t rescue me
Stay back, stay back
Stay with me
If I take a full breath
The eclipse will flood me
[repeat chorus x2, add layers each loop]
[Verse 2]
Divine rage under skin
No name, no prayer, no plea
A flame that doesn’t want belief
It wants honesty
I tried to seal the fire in
With reason, bone, and fear
But if it’s burning, it was placed
Long before I was here
[Chorus]
[heavier sub, subtle distortion]
Stay back, stay back
Stay with me
I’m burning — bear witness
Don’t rescue me
Stay back, stay back
Stay with me
If I take a full breath
The eclipse will flood me
[Bridge]
[drop beat, near silence]
I don’t have faith
I don’t pray
Still the altar stayed
When I looked away
Maybe what I pushed from me
Is what I need to stay
[Final Chorus]
[bare, intimate, breath as rhythm]
Stay back, stay back
Stay with me
I’m burning — bear witness
Don’t rescue me
Stay back, stay back
Stay with me
If I take a full breath
The eclipse will flood me
[hold silence]
[last line, almost spoken]
It was always there
[fade out on breath + sub]