The Sacred Script

(Intro — chant-like, distant voices) Repeat after me… Repeat after me… (Verse 1) I was handed down a language Before I had a name A set of holy answers To questions never claimed They said, "This is the order" "This is how it's done" "Fall in line with meaning— Or you'll come undone" (Pre-Chorus) And it felt like truth And it felt like home Like I didn't have To walk alone (Chorus) So I learned the sacred script Line by line, breath by breath Every word a quiet promise Every doubt a little death Call it faith, call it structure Call it something pure— But I gave away the question Just to feel a little sure (Verse 2) There's a comfort in the pattern In the rhythm of the known In the echo of the voices That were never quite my own And I wore it like a mantle Like a crown I didn't choose Every answer that they gave me Was another thing to lose (Pre-Chorus) Still I followed Still I stayed There's a safety In the cage (Chorus) So I learned the sacred script Spoke it like it was my own Every line I memorized Built a wall around my soul Call it truth, call it order Call it what you need— But I buried my becoming Under what I was told to be (Bridge — shift — rebellion awakening) What if the voice I've been calling "truth" Is just an echo of fear? What if the god I was taught to obey Is the mask that keeps me here? I hear something underneath it— Not loud, but it won't fade A question breaking through me (build) That no one ever gave (Break — call vs response) Voice (choir / system): Repeat after me Lead (defiant): No Voice: Repeat after me Lead: No Voice (louder): Repeat after— Lead (explodes): I will not inherit silence (Final Chorus — massive, dual energy) I reject the sacred script And I feel the terror rise If I lose what I was given Will I lose my place in life? Call it freedom, call it exile Call it heresy— (shift — softer, uncertain) …but there's something in the silence That sounds more like me (Outro — quiet, unresolved) No more echoes… No more— (faint whisper returns) Repeat after me…