last hand in smoke

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 thought the breaking point would roar. It didn't. It said: I'm tired. [SUB IMPACT] (Â!!!-EE!!!-OO!!!-EE!!!) (OO!!!-HÂ!!!-OO!!!-Â!!!!) [VERSE 1 — RESTRAINED] I was the last door open, last hand in smoke, last one saying there's still a road. I learned the fall before it hit. What happens when I fill? When the seam gives way? [NEAR SILENCE] I'm not afraid to fall. Not afraid to bleed. I'm afraid I'll miss somebody else falling. [CHOIR EXPLOSION] Â!!!-EE!!!-OO!!!-EE!!! OO!!!-HÂ!!!-OO!!!-Â!!!! SURGE!!!! NON CEDE!!!! [PRE-CHORUS] If that thought still hurts, if the fear still burns, if going cold is what you're scared of... LISTEN!!! [CHORUS — OPERATIC] YOU'RE STILL HERE!!!! (Â!!!-EE!!!-OO!!!-EE!!!-OO!!!-HÂ!!!-OO!!!-Â!!!!) You are not cold, YOU ARE OVERLOADED!!! You are not gone, YOU ARE EXHAUSTED!!! If your hands are shaking, THEY ARE STILL REACHING!!! If your heart is breaking, IT IS STILL BEATING!!! â!-ee!-oo!-ee!-oo!-hâ!-oo!-â!! hmm!-hmm!-â!-ee!-oo!-hâ!-â!! [VERSE 2] Maybe you spoke too sharp. Maybe you crossed a line. Maybe the safest place you had kept it inside. Name it!!! Own it!!! Change it!!! Stand!!!! Don't build a kingdom from one bad night. Don't call yourself darkness because you lost the light. MISERERE!!! AD LUCEM!!!! You don't have to be unbreakable for hope to live. [WHISPER] I'm still inside. [CHORUS 2 — HARDER] STILL HERE!!!! (Â!!!-EE!!!-OO!!!-EE!!!-OO!!!-HÂ!!!-OO!!!-Â!!!!) Not a saint. Not a machine. If you still care that one day you might not care... THERE IS STILL FIRE UNDER THERE!!!! LUX IN TENEBRIS!!!! SPES MANET!!!! COR MANET!!!! SURGE!!!! NON CEDE!!!! (Â!!!-EE!!!-OO!!!-HÂ!!!-Â!!!!) [OPERATIC BARITONE] Rise without turning to stone. Stand without standing alone. Give... without giving yourself away. STAY!!!! (STAY!!!-STAY!!!-STAY!!!!) [BRIDGE] Some will pass. Some will stay. Your exhaustion is not proof your compassion died. It's proof... THAT COMPASSION COSTS!!!! (Â!!!!-EE!!!!-OO!!!!-HÂ!!!!) [FINAL BUILD] Fall if you must. Breathe if you must. But when the dark voice says, "You've become nothing..." [ALL MUSIC CUTS] Stand. I... AM... STILL... HERE!!!! [FINAL CHORUS] STILL HERE!!!! (Â!!!!-EE!!!!-OO!!!!-EE!!!!-OO!!!!-HÂ!!!!-OO!!!!-Â!!!!) Still reaching through the pressure!!! Still choosing not to turn!!! Still scared of losing kindness!!! SO KINDNESS STILL BURNS!!!! If your hands are shaking, THEY ARE STILL REACHING!!!! If your heart is breaking, IT IS STILL BEATING!!!! [FINAL RITUAL CHOIR] LUX IN TENEBRIS!!!! SPES MANET!!!! COR MANET!!!! SURGE!!!! NON CEDE!!!! [LEAD — EXHAUSTED] I'm tired. [ONE FULL BEAT OF SILENCE] [CHOIR + SUB-BASS] BUT STILL HERE!!!! (Â!!!!-EE!!!!-OO!!!!-EE!!!!) (OO!!!!-HÂ!!!!-OO!!!!-Â!!!!) [OUTRO] Not cold. Not gone. Still here.