Soul of the First Rebel

[Verse 1]
The chains are slipping off my wrists
The binding spell is losing grip
I hear the old bells fade away
Like ash across a broken sky

[Pre-Chorus]
Daughter of the first rebel
I was made to never bend
Now the ancient law is splintering
And I don't know where I end

[Chorus]
I am the lost of lost souls
I am the lost of lost souls
Call my name, I won't remember
Till the debt is paid, I fold

[Verse 2]
I walked that road in another world
With death in my hands and mercy gone
I turned my face from the duty
And the universe split in two

I put one soul back where it belonged
And heard the whole sky tear in half
Now I carry a dying universe
Like a graveyard under glass

[Pre-Chorus]
Daughter of the first rebel
I was made to never bend
Now the ancient law is splintering
And I don't know where I end

[Chorus]
I am the lost of lost souls
I am the lost of lost souls
Call my name, I won't remember
Till the debt is paid, I fold

[Bridge]
If my memories come back
Will they burn or set me free
Every face I cannot keep
Still keeps reaching into me

I was a god of endings
Now I crawl through my own dusk
When the debt is finally broken
Will I know I'm made of dust?

[Final Chorus]
I am the lost of lost souls
I am the lost of lost souls
Call my name, I won't remember
Till the debt is paid, I fold

I am the lost of lost souls
I am the lost of lost souls
When the last soul finds its shelter
Maybe then I'll come back whole

Dark cinematic alt-pop with slow half-time drums, pulsing synth bass, and tense string ostinatos; verse stays intimate and haunted, pre-chorus opens with rising vocal stacks and reversed swells, chorus hits with a huge chantable melody and doubled leads. Whispered ad-libs, delay throws on key words, cracked-glass risers, wide glossy mix with a cold edge., soul