[Verse 1 - celestial, warm, the peak of everything we built] I set the box down on the table Where the morning light came to rest I could feel something new stirring Like a quiet inside my chest The darkness I carried was lifted Gone like it never was mine I was empty, I was ready For the very first time, I was fine
[Pre-Chorus - tension at the treeline] Then I heard them at the treeline Old names I thought I’d left behind Pride came first because he always does He came for what’s in my mind
[Chorus - dark, theatrical, full orchestra] The repossession of Pandora Raven They came to take me back They think I’m still the weapon They think the wicked stays intact But I have nothing left for breaking They stripped that years before The repossession of Pandora Raven I’m not who I was anymore
[Verse 2 - building dread] Pride read the charges like a summons They wanted what I know about her I gave them nothing, I held nothing They could have my blood but not her They found the box and they shattered it I watched the letters scatter wide They thought that breaking those pieces Would finally break what’s inside
[Pre-Chorus 2] Gluttony held what I could not move Lust asked me sweetly, a smile and a threat Sloth watched from the corner like always The patient one who never forgets
[Chorus] The repossession of Pandora Raven They came to take me back They think I’m still the weapon They don’t know what the darkness lacks I caused enough trouble for one lifetime I will not break what I swore to guard The repossession of Pandora Raven I chose the silence, I chose the scar
[Bridge - power surge, almost triumph, then silenced] And then I felt it Something burning in my fingertips And then I saw it Something bright behind my eyes One second I was light One second I was rising One second I was everything They were terrified of all this time
Then Lust reached for my throat And Sloth bound my hands And through the smoke and the blood I saw her from where I stand
Elara
She was there, she was close Close enough that she’d hear me I opened my mouth No sound came through I screamed into nothing No sound came through
[Outro - cold, sparse, near-spoken, reverb fading to nothing] Back in the room The same room as before Same darkness, same silence Same locked door
But I am not the same I did not break I did not speak I did not betray
And the notes on the floor (no) What if she finds them (no, no)
…Elara
Don’t come. I’ll be alright. Don’t come. I’ve been here before. Don’t come. Please. Don’t.