Noiraciel - Mercy in flames

[Intro – Clean, intimate] I held what was left Like it could still be saved But mercy burns fastest When the world won’t change

[Verse 1 – Clean] The smoke moved slow through shattered gold A dying warmth, a fading code I saw the saints with empty hands Watching fire reclaim the land

I kept a spark beneath my tongue For every prayer that died unsung For every soft and sacred thing The dark devoured to feed its wings

[Pre-Chorus – Clean building] I tried to love What could not stay I tried to heal What chose decay

[Pre-Chorus – Growl layer entering] But every open hand I gave Came back to me In smoke and graves

[Chorus – Clean + Growl Layer] Mercy in flames Burning through me, beautiful and vicious Mercy in flames Soft as a tear, sharp as a sentence I gave my heart To the ruins I gave my light To the rain Now all that’s left Of all I carried Is mercy in flames

[Post-Chorus – Low Clean] Mercy in flames Still calling my name

[Verse 2 – Clean] The skyline wept in silver fire Choirs cracked above the wire And every wound I could not close Bloomed like a dark unholy rose

My wings were heavy, dim and torn Still full of all I once had sworn That even here, at the edge of loss I would not let my soul rot soft

[Pre-Chorus – Clean] I touched the ash It answered cold I touched the past It let me go

[Pre-Chorus – Growl layer] If mercy lives It pays in pain And every gift Returns as flame

[Chorus – Clean + Growl Layer] Mercy in flames Burning through me, beautiful and vicious Mercy in flames Soft as a tear, sharp as a sentence I gave my heart To the ruins I gave my light To the rain Now all that’s left Of all I carried Is mercy in flames

[Bridge – Clean / Growl contrast] [Clean] Piano falling like glass in the dark Strings drawing circles around my heart Brass like judgment, distant and wide And still there’s something alive inside

[Growl] I gave them warmth They gave me cinders I gave them truth They left me splinters I gave them mercy They fed the fire Now watch compassion Become desire

[Breakdown – Growl] No more healing No more waiting No more holy hesitation If love must suffer If grace must break Then let it rise In fire awake

[Build – Clean rising] Higher Through the smoke I remain Higher Through the sorrow and strain Higher Let the broken heavens see What mercy becomes Inside of me

[Final Chorus – Clean + Big Growl Layer] Mercy in flames Burning through me, holy and vicious Mercy in flames Soft as goodbye, bright as resistance I gave my heart To the ruins I gave my name To the pain Now all that lives Where light once trembled Is mercy in flames

[Outro – Clean to whisper] I held what was left Until it became Not peace Not love Just mercy in flames