[Verse 1 - barely above a whisper, sparse piano, dark and low] The blade found me where I stood Between the vow and the understood I felt it — clean, deliberate, done Not the ending I’d become
The ground beneath me starts to split And something ancient — chooses it Not my power, not my hand Something older took command
[Pre-Chorus - uncertain, building] The fire I’ve carried since I can remember Is cooling down to something tender I don’t know this feeling in my chest Something leaving — something blessed
[Chorus - cinematic dark pop, heavy but cracking open] Anger, hate — where did you go? Anguish, malice — letting go My eyes are open and the light — I can see, and it burns right Not the burn of something dying This is something — clarifying My heart is lighter, I’m not whole But something wicked left my soul
[Verse 2 - stripped back, intimate, memory surfacing] And then I hear it, somewhere far A room I’ve never named, a scar Before the robes, before the chains Before they taught me how to hate
A crib, a child, a lamp above The kind of room that once held love And voices — sharp, conspiring low They didn’t know that I would know
[Pre-Chorus 2 - same melody, charged now with what she knows] They said: hide her, what she carries Not supposed to — can you hear this? She was never meant to fall this far They built the cage before the bars
[Chorus] Anger, hate — where did you go? Anguish, malice — letting go My eyes are open and the light — I can see, and it burns right Not the burn of something dying This is something — clarifying My heart is lighter, I’m not whole But something wicked left my soul
[Bridge - full theatrical reveal, choir optional, earth crack SFX] From a distant hazy memory I heard this - “Hide this light The light bringer must not come to pass Feed her darkness Feed her malevolence And never — never — Let her see the light”
[beat drop]
You built me wrong on purpose You made me dark on purpose Every wound, every whisper Every night they called me sinister —
That was never who I was Was it? I was always the bringer They just couldn’t — let me be it
[Final Chorus - production lifts, warmer, strings open up] Anger, hate — you found the door Anguish, malice — not anymore My eyes are open and the light — Doesn’t burn — it feels right Not the end of something dying This is something — rising My heart is lighter, I’m not whole But the wicked — left my soul
[Outro - solo vocal, almost alone with herself] They called it a weapon They buried it deep But light doesn’t leave you It waits, while you sleep
So Am I the Light Bringer? The Light Bringer? Maybe…but not yet.