Crystalline Ascension

[Intro]

[bright guzheng run, solo, cascading]

Glass strings falling

like a waterfall of diamonds

I’m counting scars

turning every one to starlight

[Verse 1]

Woke up on the edge of doubt

Mascara maps from crying out

But my heartbeat

keeps the time like a drumline

Screens glow, everybody talks

I’ve been hiding in the screenshots

Now my small voice

bout to hit you like a skyline

[Chorus]

Crystalline ascension

watch me rise in high definition

Every fracture

refracts into a crown

I’m a fearless constellation

cutting through the limitation

When I go up

I’m never coming down (oh-woah)

Crystalline ascension

you can see me from the ground

[Verse 2]

High heels on the airport floor

Passport pages begging more

Every border

just a line I’m gonna rewrite

Headphones, my own language loud

My reflection in the clouds

Little girl

turning into worldwide

[Chorus]

Crystalline ascension

watch me rise in high definition

Every fracture

refracts into a crown

I’m a fearless constellation

cutting through the limitation

When I go up

I’m never coming down (never down)

Crystalline ascension

you can see me from the ground

[Bridge]

They said “too much”

I said “too bright”

If I’m burning

I’ll be burning up the sky

Hands up

for every girl that’s told to hide

We’re the thunder

on the other side (hey!)

[Chorus]

Crystalline ascension

watch us rise in high definition

Every fracture

refracts into a crown

We’re a fearless constellation

cutting through the limitation

When we go up

we’re never coming down (oh-woah)

Crystalline ascension

you can see us from the ground

[Outro]

[filtered guzheng gliss with sidechained synths breathing]

Crystalline

I’m crystalline

Rising, rising

out of every line