Queen With Broken Arms

[Verse 1]
Nature stalks in my sleep
wolf’s breath hot on my cheek
Owls counting every fear
yellow eyes, they see me clear
Treasure heart on my sleeve
dripping gold as it bleeds
Ground is cracking at my feet
still I rise, still I breathe
[Chorus]
My babies ripped off my arms
yet I keep standing like a queen
crown made out of every scar
throne built from the in-between
You can watch me fall apart
I’ll stitch diamonds through the seams
My babies ripped off my arms
but I keep standing like a queen
(standing like a queen)
[Verse 2]
Storms wrote my second name
ashes tangled in my braids
Mirror shows a haunted face
I see fire behind the gray
Every howl in the dark
just another broken part
that I braided in my hair
like a banner, like a prayer
[Chorus]
My babies ripped off my arms
yet I keep standing like a queen
crown made out of every scar
throne built from the in-between
You can watch me fall apart
I’ll stitch diamonds through the seams
My babies ripped off my arms
but I keep standing like a queen
(oh, I keep standing)
I keep standing like a queen

Dark, cinematic pop ballad with female vocals; whispered verse over sparse piano and low drones, rising into a thunderous, tom-heavy chorus with distorted sub-bass. Second pass adds eerie choral “owl” harmonies and distant, reverb-soaked guitar swells. Final chorus blooms into stack of power vocals and high strings before dropping to a single, raw voice on the last line., strong