From Sand to Starlight

[Verse 1]
Bare feet
Dust in your teeth
Little kid racing scrap through the heat
You kept staring up
Past twin suns
Saying
"One day I'm gonna leave"
Strange men
Robes and riddles
Calling you chosen in the middle of a war
You said goodbye too quick
To the only arms
You’d ever known before
[Pre-Chorus]
You wanted to save everyone
But the future spoke in code
Every dream felt like a warning
Every love felt like a rope
[Chorus]
From sand to starlight
You were burning up inside
Torn between a promise
And the fear you had to hide
Every step
A little darker
Every "yes" that felt like "never"
From sand to starlight
You were falling through forever
[Verse 2]
Cold halls
Temple at dawn
Wooden sword
Trying to play along
They taught you peace
You learned the forms
Still your hands kept clenching for the storm
Late nights
Lights out
Still awake
Hearing your mother in the space between breaths
You swore you'd break the rules
Before you'd ever
Break like that again
[Pre-Chorus]
You wanted to hold everyone
Even ghosts you couldn’t touch
Every vision lit a fuse
Every heartbeat felt like too much
[Chorus]
From sand to starlight
You were burning up inside
Torn between a promise
And the fear you had to hide
Every step
A little darker
Every "yes" that felt like "never"
From sand to starlight
You were falling through forever
[Bridge]
You changed your name
Put the mask on (breathe in)
Turned your scars into a wall of steel
You raised your hand
Worlds went silent
Tried to crush the part that used to feel
But in the glow of your son’s eyes
You saw the boy you used to be
All the fire
All the fury
Just a child who wanted to be free
[Chorus]
From sand to starlight
You were more than what you’d done
In the fire of that moment
You chose love
You chose your son
Every sin
A fading shadow
Every chain
A broken tether
From sand to starlight
You came home at last forever
[Outro]
Bare feet
Cool grass this time
No more engines
No more war in your mind
You look up once more
Past the sky
Past the night
From sand to starlight
You finally feel right

rock, Cinematic pop-rock that grows into hard rock, male vocals. Start tender with clean electric and piano over a warm pad, heartbeat kick barely pulsing. Pre-chorus adds toms and delay guitar; chorus hits wide with crunchy rhythm guitars, soaring lead line, and stacked harmonies. Middle section explodes into heavier distortion, double-time drums, and a snarling vocal edge, then drops to intimate, almost whispered bridge with reverb trails before a final, triumphant full-band chorus and guitar outro., pop, hard rock