[INTRO – sparse piano, distant strings | voice: low, close-mic, quiet spoken-sung, British tone, controlled breath, no melodic lift]
I should have let you stay in the dark…
Where my name couldn’t reach you
But I am not mercy.
I am consequence.
[VERSE 1 – soft strings, minimal piano | voice: steady low tenor, spoken-sung, British tone, dry restraint, controlled pacing]
You looked at me like I was salvation
Like ruin could learn restraint
But I was built from war and hunger
A crown made of what I can’t replace
They taught you fear before truth
So silence feels like safety
But I don’t spare things I want
And you still reached for me
[PRE-CHORUS – subtle rise, still restrained | voice: slightly more rhythmic tension, British tone, tightening control, not melodic]
Say my name like it won’t change you
Like it won’t pull the air apart
I’ve been called worse than monster
And still you chose my heart
[CHORUS – full but grounded orchestration | voice: firm spoken-sung delivery, British tone, controlled power, no operatic lift]
If I am ruin, you are the reason
If I am war, you are what I don’t let go
I should leave you like mercy
But I stay where I shouldn’t go
Just to hear you say my name
[VERSE 2 – darker cello, minimal swell | voice: closer, lower, British tone, slight rasp, dangerous calm]
They built me out of betrayal
Taught me love is what ruins kings
But nothing they gave me ever mattered
Like the way your voice still rings
You don’t belong in this story
You’re the flaw I don’t correct
And I don’t trace you like poetry
I trace you like a threat
[BRIDGE – stripped piano | voice: quiet, fractured control, British tone, almost conversational]
If I touch you, I lose you
If I leave, I lose me
So tell me what I am now
When I don’t know how to be
[FINAL CHORUS – restrained peak, no choir dominance | voice: controlled intensity, British tone, grounded emotional strain, not lifted]
If I am ruin, you are the reason
If I am war, you are what I won’t survive
I don’t kneel to anything
But I fall when you’re alive
Even if it breaks what I became
[OUTRO – fading piano | voice: near whisper, British tone, flat emotional exhaustion, no melody]
Call my name…
and I answer
Eilidhschy
