[Verse 1] The child is gone and left me standing here With everything she said still ringing in my ears I always thought the light was something I had lost Or something that was taken at a cost
I thought the dark was all I had become I thought the weapons in me meant I had already won But winning was never the plan they made for me They made me dark to hide what I could be
[Pre-Chorus] I am not the child of light I was never just the one Something always pulled against the dark in me Waiting for the other half to come
[Chorus] We are the children of light Two halves of what the darkness fears most Not one candle burning alone at night But a fire only lit when we are both I spent so long protecting what was mine I drew a map to lead her somewhere safe I did not know I was drawing her a line Straight back to the place I need her face
[Verse 2] The child saw through everything I wear The weapons and the silence and the cold northern air She looked at me and asked a question I could not speak Then walked into the dark like finding me was all she’d seek
Whatever waits above the ones I know Whatever ancient thing they serve below It does not fear the dark that lives in me It fears the light that only we can be
[Pre-Chorus] I am not the child of light I was never just the one Something always pulled against the dark in me Waiting for the other half to come
[Chorus] We are the children of light Two halves of what the darkness fears most Not one candle burning alone at night But a fire only lit when we are both I spent so long protecting what was mine I drew a map to lead her somewhere safe I did not know I was drawing her a line Straight back to the place I need her face
[Bridge] I know her face I have seen what I left behind in her eyes She remembers me — she just cannot say my name yet And I understand why
We were small once, in the same light, in the same place Before they came and split what should have stayed one She drew the morning and I drew the rest And I have spent four wars trying to undo what I’ve done
I am not yet the one she can stand beside But I am done running from what we have to become
We are — and I am done being alone
[Outro] Come find me I know you’re coming Come find me I’ll be here