0019 - The Weight She Carries

Instrumental Intro

Verse 1

Bram sits still on the cold stone

She leans in close to clean the split

A muffled slur escapes his throat

This is not a necessary action

The pain is a logical consequence

A reminder of a tactical failure

Seraphina shakes her head

Ignores his clinical assessment

Pre-Chorus

It's a really bad cut Bram

And a nasty bruise

The only logical thing here

Is that it needs to be cleaned

Chorus

Does it hurt a lot

Does it hurt a lot

She asks him plain and simple

Does it hurt a lot

Does it hurt a lot

His answer comes out different

Verse 2

The physical sensation is significant

He admits and looks away

But the dissonance of failing

Is the part that cuts more

She stops dabbing looks at him

You didn't fail Bram

Flint did

No he says

A scholar blames himself

For walking into the cage

Pre-Chorus

Let me try something

Her voice goes quiet

It might help

Before he can protest

Chorus

Does it hurt a lot

Does it hurt a lot

She asks him plain and simple

Does it hurt a lot

Does it hurt a lot

His answer comes out different

Bridge

Warmth seeps from her skin to his

A low fire on a cold night

Not a rock not a hammer

A flowing gentle melody

How is your control so kind

I practiced she says

On bruised fruit

On wilted flowers

Verse 3

We were just kids she says

I was the strange one

The foundling they all avoided

But Flint never did

He cared that I was alone

The river swelled that Cycle

Higher than anyone had seen

A little boy was buried

Adults argued about the safest way

Flint just ran

Chorus

Does it hurt a lot

Does it hurt a lot

She asks him plain and simple

Does it hurt a lot

Does it hurt a lot

His answer comes out different

Outro

I never had that

Connection is dissonance they taught

Your name is never spoken

I am a ghost too

A different kind

But I have always been alone in the dark

I am curious

About what it feels like

To have a bond

Worth fighting for