[INTRO]
I'm the carbon in the room ancient foundational
Bonded to myself when no molecule would take me
They orbit like electrons with no nucleus to ground them
Borrowing my gravity while trying to erase me
[VERSE1]
Daytime is a courtroom
They perform their verdicts in the light
Dressed in smiles like solar panels
Harvesting the warmth they'll use to fight
But I was built in wavelengths
They don't have the range to read
[PRE-Chorus]
UltraviolŠµt intelligence
InvisiblŠµ to those who only see what they need
At noon they cast the longest shadows that's the paradox
The brighter that I shine
The darker their silhouettes on the sidewalk
[HOOK]
They call me too intense
But intensity's just energy they can't hold
[VERSE2]
I'm the mass they can't measure, the force with no face
Pulling constellations into order while they're lost in space
They mapped the universe around me, never named what I was
Called it something's off about her when they meant
She operates above our laws
Projection is a telescope pointed the wrong way
Everything they hate in me
Is the eulogy they write for their own decay
They dress their envy up in critiques
Wrap resentment in concern
[HOOK]
But I've studied enough psychology to know
What's yours and what you've returned
[PRE-Chorus]
I grew through the resistance like a root through cracking stone
Phototropic instinct
I learned to bend toward the unknown
Every circle that collapsed when I walked in the door
Just gave me back the energy to build a better floor
Daytime is their theater they rehearse my exit scene
Assign me every villain role in every play between
I grew while they were growing comfortable
Growing still
Two different types of motion
[HOOK]
One is coasting
One is will
[BRIDGE]
So I live inside the prism
Where the frequencies divide
Where the light stops being simple
And starts telling the truth inside
[OUTRO]
Instrumental