[Verse 1 — soft, intimate, steady] I have seen that space you’re holding Right before you let it go That quiet breath between the knowing And the step you choose below
It feels small But it is everything It feels fleeting But it remains
Even when you think you’ve lost it
It arrives again
[Pre-Chorus — calm, grounding] You say it’s already written You say it always ends the same
But endings only follow
After someone plays the game
[Chorus — gentle lift, grounded, not explosive] Before you fall You don’t have to lean into it Before you fall You don’t have to give your name to it
The space between the wanting And the place where you let go
Is where you still exist
More than you know
Before you fall Before you fall
[Verse 2 — slightly stronger, still controlled] I have watched them reach toward something They already understand I have seen the choice unfolding Right there in their hands
It doesn’t shout It doesn’t break
It simply waits For what you take
And even knowing what will follow
Doesn’t mean you cannot wake
[Pre-Chorus] You are not the ending You are not the fall
Just because it happened Before
Or to them all
[Chorus] Before you fall Where everything can still turn Before you fall Where something in you can return
The breath before the closing The pause before the flame
Is where you still remember
You are not the same
Before you fall Before you fall
[Bridge — very quiet, her “infantry” soft and present] (Voices layered, gentle)
Stay
Stay
(Elara, barely above breath) You don’t have to follow it
(Voices respond softly) You don’t have to follow it
Stay
Stay
(Elara) Right here
[Build — minimal, emotional, held tension]
[Final Chorus — deeper, not louder, tragic strength] Before you fall Even now it hasn’t left you Before you fall Even now it still protects you
You think the end is certain You think the fall must come
But there is still a space
Where you are not undone
Before you fall Before you fall
[Outro — soft, immediate presence] You feel it
…
right now