[Intro – Whispered / FX: low rumble]
[whisper] You wanted peace…
[whisper] Until you tasted my silence.
[whisper] You wanted calm…
[whisper] Until you woke the violence.
[whisper] I warned you once…
[whisper] But you kept getting higher
[whisper] So here’s your spark…
[snarl] Now eat the fire.
[Verse 1]
I bit my tongue ’til it bled down my throat,
Carried your burdens like a goddamn oath.
You took my kindness, twisted it tighter,
Turned all my scars into fuel for the fire.
You pushed and you prodded,
You spit on my name
You called me the monster?
Then I’ll play your fucking game.
You made me a villain,
You forged me in rage
Now watch me step out
Of your pretty little cage.
[Pre-Chorus – FX: rising distortion]
You wanted a war
So here’s your choir.
You fed me to flames
Now watch me fucking rise higher.
[Chorus – POWER]
You lit the match... now eat the fire.
You built the pyre... now burn in the choir.
You wanted war? Then face the liar.
I won’t be silent... I’m the empire.
You lit the match...now eat the fire.
[Verse 2]
You loved me small, you loved me contained,
A puppet girl dancing while swallowing pain.
But I shed that skin and your throne cracked apart,
’Cause you can’t kill a woman
With a wildfire heart.... motherfucker!
I learned your tactics,
Your whispers, your shames
I carved them to weapons
And turned them to flames.
You wanted control,
But I cut the wire
Now stand in the ashes
Of your own desire.
[Pre-Chorus – tighter / harder]
You tightened the rope
I made it a crown.
You thought you’d break me
Watch me burn this down.
[Chorus – repeat]
You lit the match... now eat the fire.
You built the pyre... now burn in the choir.
You wanted war? Then face the liar.
I won’t be silent... I’m the empire.
You lit the match... now eat the fire.
[BREAKDOWN – FX: deep growl + bass drop]
[scream] YOU LIT THE MATCH
[scream] SO SWALLOW THE FUCKING FLAME.
[scream] YOU WANTED SMOKE?
[scream] THEN SAY MY NAME.
[scream] YOU STARTED THIS
[scream] NOW FUCKING CHOKE ON THE WIRE.
[scream] YOU LIT THE MATCH
[scream] NOW EAT. THE. FIRE.
[scream, layered] AHHHH! I’LL BURN US DOWN.
[scream, layered] AHHHH! QUEEN OF THIS GROUND.
[growl] YOU BUILT THIS BLAZE... NOW WATCH ME THRIVE.
[scream] YOU WANT ME DEAD?
[scream] I WALK OUT ALIVE.
[Final Chorus – triumphant + heavier vocals]
You lit the match... now eat the fire.
I took your ruin and built an empire.
You wanted pain? Then stand in the fire.
You made a monster
Now watch me rise higher.
You lit the match…
Now eat the fire.