Paper Airplane

English lyrics

[INTRO — RITUAL CHOIR] (â!-ee!-oo!-ee!-oo!-hâ!-oo!-â!!) (hmm!-hmm!-â!-ee!-oo!-hâ!-â!!) LUX IN TENEBRIS!!! [DEEP BARITONE] I kept the loss. It wasn't mine. What was taken still knows my name. [SUB IMPACT] (Â!!!-EE!!!-OO!!!-EE!!!) (OO!!!-HÂ!!!-OO!!!-Â!!!!) [VERSE 1 — RESTRAINED] Back door open. One light on. I learned the break before it learned me. What if I take it back? What if the lock gives way? [NEAR SILENCE] I'm not afraid to reach. Not afraid to take. I'm afraid I've stayed too long watching my life slip. [CHOIR EXPLOSION] Â!!!-EE!!!-OO!!!-EE!!! OO!!!-HÂ!!!-OO!!!-Â!!!! SURGE!!!! NON CEDE!!!! [PRE-CHORUS] Old fear bites. Doubt lingers. Hands stay back long enough... LISTEN!!! [CHORUS — OPERATIC] YOU'RE STILL HERE!!!! (Â!!!-EE!!!-OO!!!-EE!!!-OO!!!-HÂ!!!-OO!!!-Â!!!!) NOT EMPTY!!! FULL OF STATIC!!! NOT LOST!!! COMING BACK!!! HANDS SHAKING!!! STILL OPENING!!! HEART POUNDING!!! STILL CALLING!!! â!-ee!-oo!-ee!-oo!-hâ!-oo!-â!! hmm!-hmm!-â!-ee!-oo!-hâ!-â!! [VERSE 2] Maybe they took too much. Maybe I let them. Too quiet to trust. Too long in hiding. Claim it!!! Name it!!! Take it back!!! Stand!!!! Don't leave your life on somebody else's shelf. Don't call it over just because it hurt. MISERERE!!! AD LUCEM!!!! You don't have to be perfect to say it's yours. [RAP VERSE — CLANG RHYTHM] Click-clack, backtalk, I don't fold, I don't freeze Keys in the fist, wrist ticks with the metal on the beat Step in the grate, scrape, make the whole room ring I said mine three times, now the walls gotta sing Snare on the steel, I’m a nail in the door Tap-tap, name slap, let it echo off the floor No sleep, no peace, just the pulse and the proof I was lost for a minute, now I’m ripping through the roof (Â!!!-EE!!!-OO!!!-EE!!!) (OO!!!-HÂ!!!-OO!!!-Â!!!!) (Â!!!-EE!!!-OO!!!-EE!!!) (OO!!!-HÂ!!!-OO!!!-Â!!!!) [WHISPER] It's mine again. [CHORUS 2 — HARDER] STILL HERE!!!! (Â!!!-EE!!!-OO!!!-EE!!!-OO!!!-HÂ!!!-OO!!!-Â!!!!) Not a ghost. Not a prize. Hear that voice saying wait... THERE IS STILL FIRE UNDER THERE!!!! LUX IN TENEBRIS!!!! SPES MANET!!!! COR MANET!!!! SURGE!!!! NON CEDE!!!! (Â!!!-EE!!!-OO!!!-HÂ!!!-Â!!!!) [OPERATIC BARITONE] Rise. Stand. Take... what was yours. NOW!!!! (NOW!!!-NOW!!!-NOW!!!!) [BRIDGE] Some things leave. Some come back. Your hunger was never wrong. YOU NEVER LET GO!!!! (Â!!!!-EE!!!!-OO!!!!-HÂ!!!!) [FINAL BUILD] Breathe if you must. Shake if you must. When the dark voice says, "Leave it. It's not yours..." [ALL MUSIC CUTS] No. I... AM... CLAIMING... MINE!!!! [FINAL CHORUS] STILL HERE!!!! (Â!!!!-EE!!!!-OO!!!!-EE!!!!-OO!!!!-HÂ!!!!-OO!!!!-Â!!!!) Still reaching for what's mine!!! Still stepping back into my skin!!! Still refusing to hand it over!!! SO LET IT BURN RIGHT!!!! HANDS SHAKING!!! STILL OPENING!!!! HEART POUNDING!!! STILL CALLING!!!! [FINAL RITUAL CHOIR] LUX IN TENEBRIS!!!! SPES MANET!!!! COR MANET!!!! SURGE!!!! NON CEDE!!!! [LEAD — EXHAUSTED] It's mine. [ONE FULL BEAT OF SILENCE] [CHOIR + SUB-BASS] BUT STILL HERE!!!! (Â!!!!-EE!!!!-OO!!!!-EE!!!!) (OO!!!!-HÂ!!!!-OO!!!!-Â!!!!) [OUTRO] Not lost. Not theirs. Mine now.