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Lyrics

[Intro – Choir / distant]
(Hmm… ah… hmm…)
The wind remembers…

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[Verse 1 – Male Lead]
I sang of things I couldn’t keep,
Of vows too wide, of nights too deep,
Of roads that take more than they give,
Of ways we learn how not to live.

My voice was calm, my hands were bare,
I didn’t know the cost was there,
I thought the song would set me free,
I didn’t know it wanted me.

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[Verse 2 – Female Lead]
I sang of love that doesn’t stay,
Of names the dawn will take away,
Of fire warm and ashes cold,
Of truths that shouldn’t all be told.

The notes were clean, the tone was right,
But something moved inside the night,
The song leaned close, it heard my breath,
And smiled like something more than death.

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[Chorus – Male & Female Unison + Choir]
Every song has a hidden door,
Every truth asks something more,
If you sing what must be paid,
The price will wait… the price will wait.

[Choir]
(Hmm… the price will wait…)

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[Verse 3 – Male Lead]
I sang of loss I never named,
Of guilt that burns but leaves no flame,
Of children crying in their sleep,
Of wounds too old and words too cheap.

The melody began to bend,
It knew my start, it knew my end,
What starts as sound, when sung too true,
Will take the singer with it too.

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[Verse 4 – Female Lead]
I sang until the fire went low,
Until the wind said “now you know”,
My hands still played, my voice still stood,
But something left me where I could.

I felt it go, not sharp, not loud,
Like losing shape inside a crowd,
Not blood, not breath, not name, not skin,
But what was whole before… within.

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[Chorus – Fuller / Deeper – Male & Female + Choir]
Every song has a hidden door,
Every truth asks something more,
If you sing what must be paid,
The price will come… the price will stay.

[Choir]
(It stays… it stays…)

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[Verse 5 – Male & Female Call and Response]
(Male)
Now others ask me how it sounded,
If it was bright, if it was rounded,
(Female)
They ask me what the song was worth,
What it took and what it birthed.

(Male)
I tell them this, and nothing more:
The song is still here, just like before,
(Female)
But when I sing, I feel the seam,
Between the voice… and what I mean.

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[Verse 6 – Female Lead]
So listen well and listen slow,
Not every song is safe to know,
Some melodies don’t want applause,
They want your truth… without a pause.

If you must sing, then sing aware,
The wind is fair, but never bare,
What you give it when you begin,
Is what you’ll miss… when you end within.

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[Final Chorus – Half-Time / Ritual – All Voices]
Every song has a hidden door,
Every truth asks something more,
If you sing what must be paid,
The price is you… the price is you.

[Choir]
(Hmm… hmm…)

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[Bridge / Jam – Spoken Male + Choir]
(Male spoken)
I sang the song…
And the song stayed…
But something else…
Went with the wind…

[Choir ad-lib]
(Hey… ah… hey…)
(Hmm… hmm…)

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[Outro – Female Lead + Choir]
So when the fire is burning low,
And someone asks you what you know,
Remember this, and sing it true:
Some songs don’t cost the world…

They cost you.

[Choir – fading]
(Hmm… ah…)[Style Note]
Cinematic dusty folk / blues folk ballad.
Male and female lead vocals with communal choir.
R&B feel underneath, slow and emotional.
Original melody provided by user.

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