Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Wooden sword on the floorboards
You took it from my small hands
Traced a scar on the atlas
Said
“This line is where you’ll stand”
Paper crowns on the bonfire
Ash on my freckles like war paint
Homework traded for war maps
Learning how to kill my saints
[Chorus]
Be useful now
Dry your eyes
Don’t ask how
Little hands
Hold the line
You were mine
You’re the gods’ child now
Be useful now
Pick a fear and strike it down
If I fall
Don’t you bow
I was born to be brave
Not allowed
(Be useful now)
[Verse 2]
Counting steps not for hopscotch
For how far before we’re seen
Hide and seek in the barracks
Finding exits
Finding schemes
Other kids name constellations
We name creatures in the dark
You say bedtime is for dreamers
Hand me steel instead of stars
[Chorus]
Be useful now
Dry your eyes
Don’t ask how
Little hands
Hold the line
You were mine
You’re the gods’ child now
Be useful now
Pick a fear and strike it down
If I break
Don’t you bow
I was born to be brave
Not allowed
(Be useful now, hey)
[Bridge]
Do they know I still get scared
When the thunder sounds like wings
That I practice being fearless
On the cracks between the tilings
Will they ever let me grow
Into more than just a vow
If I whisper “I am tired”
Will they only say it louder
“Be useful now”
[Chorus]
Be useful now
Dry your eyes
Don’t ask how
Little hands
Hold the line
You were mine
You’re the gods’ child now
Be useful now
Turn your shaking into proud
If we live
Teach them how
To want more than this command somehow
(Be useful now, be useful now)
Style
cinematic dark pop over tom-heavy drums and low strings; female vocalsintimate in the verses then fierce in the chorus. sparse piano and distant choir build tension; chorus slams with layered harmoniesticking percussionand pulsing synth bass. bridge strips to a fragile vocal and tremolo strings before a finalbattle-cry chorus with stacked ad-libs and trailing echoes.
Prompt
Female. A song about children forced to grow up to fast and become warriors for the gods. To fight monsters and titans. Trading their childhoods for learning how to fight and strategize. Be useful now
Credits
Prompt by
Artemis15
Artemis15GeneratedFeb 23, 2026
ModelAria v5
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