_(Béibhinn’s Song)_ **Style:** Ethereal folk / cinematic hymn **Tempo:** ~68 BPM **Time:** 4/4 **Key:** D minor (chorus leans F major) **Palette:** felt piano, soft choir pad, low strings, distant drums, intimate vocal. --- **Intro** **Chords:** Dm – Bb – F – C Dm – Bb – C – C **Music:** Sparse felt piano. Long reverb. Airy pad. No rhythm. Feels empty, cold, and wide. --- **Chords:** Dm – Bb – F – C Dm – Bb – F – C Gm – Bb – F – C Dm – Bb – C – C **Music:** Piano pattern. Low cello. No drums. Close, quiet vocal. Restrained and fragile. **Verse I** I was raised in halls of echoing names, Incense smoke and golden frames, Where every sin had a silver cure And every prayer felt clean and sure. We learned our vows before our hearts, Learned how endings always start With folded hands and borrowed grace, And futures drawn in sacred space. --- **Chords:** Bb – C – Dm – Dm Bb – C – F – F Bb – C – Dm – Dm Gm – Bb – C – C **Music:** Pad brightens. Soft pulse begins. Melody rises slightly. Tension building. **Pre-Chorus** I thought heaven lived in marble and bells, In scripted words I knew too well. I thought the gods were close as breath— Until they watched and chose the rest. --- **Chords:** F – C – Dm – Bb F – C – Bb – C F – C – Dm – Bb Gm – Bb – C – C **Music:** Full piano. Warm choir pad. Very soft drums and bass. Open, emotional vocal. Steady and sincere. **Chorus** So I walk where the light still stands, In the ash, in the open hands, Where the broken don’t ask me why, They just need someone left alive. If the gods won’t speak, then I will stay, Be the prayer I can still say. I don’t need to know their plans— I’ll stand where the light still stands. --- **Chords:** Dm – Bb – F – C Dm – Bb – F – C Gm – Bb – F – C Dm – Bb – C – C **Verse II** The sky came down in a single cry, Stone learned how to bleed and die, Shrines went dark, the bells went mad, Every holy thing we had. I called their names through dust and fire, Through lungs that tore and would not tire, But faith fell silent in my chest Like something buried with the rest. --- **Chords:** Bb – C – Dm – Dm Bb – C – F – F Bb – C – Dm – Dm Gm – Bb – C – C **Pre-Chorus** They pulled me out, but left me hollow, Breathing days I couldn’t follow. Every prayer felt like a crime, A borrowed hope, a stolen line. --- **Chords:** F – C – Dm – Bb F – C – Bb – C F – C – Dm – Bb Gm – Bb – C – C **Chorus** So I walk where the light still stands, Through refugee dust and mass-grave lands, Where hope is small, but stubborn too, And mercy looks like something you do. If the gods won’t speak, then I will stay, Be the hands that do not break. I don’t need to know their plans— I’ll stand where the light still stands. --- **Chords:** Dm – Bb – F – C Dm – Bb – F – C Gm – Bb – F – C Dm – Bb – C – C **Music:** Percussion drops back. Cello more present. Vocal thinner, more pained. Darker textures. **Verse III** I cut my hair, I burned my name, Left my ring in broken rain, Took the road with blistered feet And nothing holy left to keep. But in the ruins, in the low, I saw a different kind of glow: Not in the sky, not in the stars— But in the ones who chose to guard. --- **Chords:** Bb – C – Dm – Dm Bb – C – F – F Bb – C – Dm – Dm Gm – Bb – C – C **Music:** Same as first pre-chorus, with faint harmony added. Heavier, more exhausted. **Pre-Chorus** They didn’t promise, didn’t pray, They just refused to turn away. And something in my shattered chest Learned how to rise instead of rest. --- **Chords:** F – C – Dm – Bb F – C – Bb – C F – C – Dm – Bb Gm – Bb – C – C **Music:** Same chords. Thicker strings. Slightly stronger drums. More weight, not louder. **Chorus** So I walk where the light still stands, Between the sword and the trembling hands, Where goodness bleeds but doesn’t bow, Where “someone must” becomes “I’ll now.” If the gods won’t speak, then I will stay, Be the warmth that doesn’t fade. I don’t need to know their plans— I’ll stand where the light still stands. --- **Chords:** Bb – F – C – Dm Bb – F – C – C Gm – Bb – F – C Gm – Bb – C – C **Music:** Piano drops out briefly. Choir and low drone. Returns slow and wide. Hymn-like. **Bridge** If you’re watching, see my hands, Not raised to you, but where they land. See me choose, again, again, To be the faith I lost back then. I don’t need thunder, don’t need signs, Just one more soul that lives tonight. If this is all the holy I am— Let it be enough to stand. --- **Chords:** F – C – Dm – Bb F – C – Bb – C F – C – Dm – Bb Gm – Bb – C – Dm **Music:** All instruments in. Choir clearer. Highest note on “light still stands.” Calm, powerful, resolved. **Final Chorus (soft → full)** So I walk where the light still stands, Not in heaven, but in the damned, In the ones the world forgot, In the quiet “I will not.” If the gods won’t speak, then I will stay, Be the prayer I couldn’t say. I don’t need to know their plans… --- **Chords:** Dm – Bb – F – C Dm – Bb – F – C Dm (hold) **Music:** Everything fades to piano and pad. Final D minor held and released. **Outro** I’ll stand. I’ll stand. Where the light still stands.