// RIOT HEART

[Intro 4bars distant crowd breath choir pad four note motif on bright piano no drums] A spark in the throat A match in the ribs Night leans in close To see what we give [Hook 8bars female commanding chant minimal percussion clap ghost no kick] Raise your voice, not your fists Make the dark flinch, make it listen If you’re shaking, good, that’s proof You’re still made of thunder [Verse 1 12bars male powerful clean metalcore lead rhythmic internal rhyme controlled grit sparse chugs last 4 bars] They taught us to fold up our fire, keep it polite and contained To bleach out the fury, call it growth, call it “don’t be a stain” But I’m done being decor, done being tame in the room I want truth with a pulse, I want breath that can bloom I’ve seen hearts turned to furnaces, heating everyone but themselves Seen kindness become a leash when it’s scared of the shelves So I’m drawing a boundary in light, not in spite I’m not asking the world to approve what I am in the night If you’re here, you’ve survived your own weather Now speak like you mean it We rise up together [Pre-Chorus 1 6bars female lift begins chords widen] Not rage for the spectacle Not noise for the feed This is disciplined flame This is care with teeth [Build-up 8bars both leads alternating lines snare ladder rising choir whispers start] Count to eight Feel it climb Let it ring Let it bite Say it clean Say it loud Let it spread Through the crowd [Drop 8bars no kick first 8 bars only bass pulse claps choir breaths synth stabs] [Chorus 1 12bars both leads huge topline but restrained drums no kick yet] RIOT HEART, light the marrow Turn the fear into tomorrow We don’t beg, we don’t borrow We become what we swear we are RIOT HEART, burn the sorrow Make the cold air lose its power And if the night wants to devour Let it choke on who we are [Lead-in 1bar hard silence inhale] [Climax 16bars kick returns full festival power metal hits on back half choirs call and response] [Chorus 2 16bars full impact] RIOT HEART, light the marrow Turn the fear into tomorrow We don’t beg, we don’t borrow We become what we swear we are RIOT HEART, burn the sorrow Make the cold air lose its power And if the night wants to devour Let it choke on who we are [Break/Breakdown 8bars half-time chugs male lead grit one scream punctuation last bar only] Love is the armor Not soft, not sweet It’s a shield you carry When the world wants meat Love is a boundary Forged in breath You don’t hand away your name Just to be “left” Scream punctuation last word Enough [Interlude 4bars choir only women then men answer short] Women choir We are not alone Men choir We are not erased [Outro 4bars fade out four note motif on choir pad doorway chord into Track 9] A spark in the throat A match in the ribs Night leans in close And trembles when we live