Ember - Intellectual

[Verse 1]

This room is cold, the silence is a tomb

They call it Darkness, yeah, I guess that's true

They feed me matches, whisper "make it bright"

Then bitch about the shadows in the light

I taste the static, smoke before the burn

A lesson that I never fucking learn

This wick is shorter with every single song

So tell me, fuckers, what the hell I'm doing wrong?

Just an ember in the night, a dying, fucking spark

A temporary warmth against the overwhelming dark

You wanna see a blazе? A goddamn, brilliant fire?

You're poking at the coals, dеmanding I go higher

But all you'll get is smoke, and then the ashen, cold regret

I'm this close to the edge, you dumb, oblivious shits

Just an ember, in the night… waiting for the wind to blow

The pressure builds, a tectonic, slow demand

To pull a fucking sun with my bare hands

They carve their wishes in my fucking skin –

"More heat, more light, let the new begin!"

This gentle glow you see? It's not some tender art

It's just the calm before the meltdown starts

I cradle this last coal, this angry, fading red…

One breath away from burning out instead

Just an ember in the night, a dying, fucking spark

A temporary warmth against the overwhelming dark

You wanna see a blaze? A goddamn, brilliant fire?

You're poking at the coals, demanding I go higher

But all you'll get is smoke, and then the ashen, cold regret

I'm this close to the edge, you dumb, oblivious shits

Just an ember, in the night… waiting for the wind to blow

So sing your praises to the coming, glorious flame

Give it a pretty name to justify the pain

I'm the kindling and the pyre, the god and the mistake

You'll love the fucking light… right up until it takes

Until it takes it all

So let it burn. Let it burn. Let it burn, you fucking vultures

Let the last ember turn to scar

I gave you warmth. You asked for arson

Now look at what the fuck we are

Just an ember…

Gone to fucking dark