Intro

(Deep, steady bass pulse)

One breath in, the world was wide.

Before the iron teeth of time began to grind.

Verse 1

Small hands, wide eyes, a hollow heart of light,

I didn't know the dark, I didn't know the bite.

A feather-weight soul, a crown of morning dew,

Believing every word that every stranger threw.

Then came the rain, the jagged lines of greed,

The way they took the harvest just to bury every seed.

Chorus

I was a swan, white against the gray,

Before I learned to take the life they tried to take away.

Gravity pulls, the iron turns to lead,

Trading in the halo for the voices in my head.

Verse 2