[Verse 1 – NOVA] I didn’t wait for destiny — I pulled it to my teeth Bit down on the future when it tried to swallow me Every siren sang his name across the avenue When the city lost its hero I became the proof Fell through a tear in the skyline Landed in your world unknown Every mask a new reminder I was fighting on my own [Verse 1 – DIEGO] I was watching from the back room Static in a screen-lit cave Every battle, every near miss Counting seconds you were safe Never bitten, never chosen Just the voice inside the wire But you turned and saw a hero In the boy behind the fire [Pre-Chorus – BOTH] [NOVA:] New world, new war, same ache in my chest [DIEGO:] You walked in and rewired what I thought I was worth [NOVA:] You mapped out the dark when my vision went blind [DIEGO:] You looked at me like I was more than behind [Chorus – BOTH] You say you’re just the voice in the back room I say you’re keeping me alive You call me fearless on the skyline But you’re the reason that I dive Every route when we’re surrounded Every suit that we outgrow Every second we’re still breathing Is a code that only you know [NOVA:] You gave me somewhere I could come home to [DIEGO:] You made me more than what I do [BOTH:] We were never just the side view We’re the backbone [Verse 2 – DIEGO] Coffee cups and constellations Reflected in your mask lenses You were teaching me to stand there Not just fix the damages All my life I stood adjacent To the legends and the flames Then you handed me the gravity And rewrote my name [Verse 2 – NOVA] You were calm inside the chaos Every mission, every fall In your voice I heard a future I had never had at all For the first time since the rooftop Since the night the hero died I was more than just a weapon I was someone at your side [Pre-Chorus – BOTH] Two hearts, one room, no need to pretend We found in each other what neither had been [Chorus – BOTH] You say you’re just the voice in the back room I say you’re keeping me alive You call me fearless on the skyline But you’re the reason that I dive Every map that’s ever saved us Every night we outrun dawn Every fight that we walk out of Is a thread you built us on [DIEGO:] You gave me something I could live for [NOVA:] You showed me I could still choose [BOTH:] We were never just the side view We’re the backbone [Bridge] [DIEGO:] If I asked you I would follow Through the tear between the skies [NOVA:] But your name is in their lifeline In a thousand battle cries [DIEGO:] For the first time I was chosen Now I’m choosing them or you [NOVA:] Love isn’t in the leaving It’s in knowing what is true [BOTH:] So we hold on in the doorway Like the world is split in two [NOVA:] Be their hero. [DIEGO:] You’re my home. [Final Chorus – BOTH] You’re still the voice in the back room Every time the coms go live You’re still the leap across my skyline You’re the reason I survive Every universe between us Every distance left unknown We’re the signal in the silence We’re the thread

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