Shadow's Edge

(A distorted, weeping cello that provides the melody, layered over a fast, "heart-attack" tempo electronic beat. Occasional sounds of clashing metal and deep, atmospheric bass drops.)

White mask, black heart

I’m the weapon, you’re the art

Moved the pieces, set the stage

I’m the lion, you’re the cage

I don’t breathe until you say

I don’t strike until the gray

Between the honor and the sin

Where you end and I begin

High wire, thin blade

Everything I am, you made

Count the seconds, hold the breath

You’re the life and you’re the death

Silent Master, lethal grace

I find my world within your face

Tied in knots of silk and steel

Make me break to make me feel

In the dark, I’m yours to wield

My only sword, my only shield

Break the silence, cut the light

You’re my morning, you’re my night

(Music drops to just the cello—slow, haunting, and raw)

I was a ghost before you called

I was a ruin, I was walled

Now I’m the shadow at your back

The only color in the black

Say my name... and pull the trigger.

Silent Master, lethal grace

I find my world within your face

Tied in knots of silk and steel

Make me break to make me feel

In the dark, I’m yours to wield

My only sword, my only shield

Break the silence, cut the light

You’re my morning, you’re my night

(The beat accelerates into a frantic, rhythmic pulse like a racing heart)

Checkmate.

Checkmate.

I’m yours.