Lyrics
The words.
[Intro]
[Atmospheric 80s synth pad, slow London rain, heavy heartbeat bass drum]
[South London Female Spoken Word, voice trembling]
I’ve carried this for so long... I thought I brought the dark in.
[South London Male Spoken Word, gentle but firm]
Nah. Look at me, yeah? Put the weight down. Let me help you carry it.
[Verse 1: South London Female Ethereal Vocals]
[Beat starts driving, slow Garage pulse]
They made me from the sea foam, from the beautiful and bright,
Told the world a goddess doesn't cry at night.
Nine years old and shining, I was theirs to put on show—
But the one who came to see me...
Came in the dark where beauty goes to grow alone.
I should have fought... I should have screamed...
[Verse 2: South London Male Grime Rap]
[Beat drops, gritty UK drill/garage bassline]
Hold up. You were nine years old, yeah?
Just a little girl in the dark, skin freezing cold.
How’s a seed supposed to fight when the soil turns toxic?
He locked the door on your childhood and pocketed the boxes.
Listen to me—monsters ain't checking if the porch light's on,
They steal the morning before you even spot the dawn.
You didn't invite the night, you were just trying to sleep.
Breaks my heart every time I see you silently weep.
It wasn't your clothes. It wasn't your smile.
It was a predator crossing a sacred aisle.
They tell you to scream, but terror steals the breath from your lungs,
Ties a knot in your throat, puts a weight on your tongue.
So drop the guilt! Swear down, let it shatter and fall!
It was his crime! His sin! His fault—once and for all!
[Pre-Chorus: South London Female Belting]
[Synths swell, building massive cinematic tension]
And I looked up to Olympus...
For a father's turning head...
One word, one thunderclap of "No!"
But the sky stayed silent overhead!
[Chorus: Huge Female Vocals, massive 80s drums]
Aphrodite fell!
And nobody named the ground!
They swept the broken temple
So the cracks made no sound!
(They just swept it away...)
I didn't need a mountain, I didn't need a throne—
I needed someone to stand up
And not leave me there alone!
Aphrodite fell...
And the gods just watched her go.
[Verse 3: Female Vocals, raw and desperate]
[Dark UK Garage bassline returns]
Hera, I forgave your gentle hands, your painted walls...
But I needed more than shelter when the shadow made its call.
I needed you to rise! To make a fury of your grace!
To stand between your daughter and the world and say it to its face!
But silence was the language... and keeping tidy was the cost.
[Bridge: Stripped back, pulsing synth]
[Female Vocal, crying out]
But it's my fault! I let it happen, I built the walls!
[Male Rap, pleading]
Nah! You built the walls to survive! You kept yourself alive!
[Female Vocal]
I didn't speak the wrong out loud! I learned to hide!
[Male Rap]
'Cause they taught you to! You were a kid! What else could you do?!
[Female Vocal, finding a breakthrough]
So I became my own defender!
[Male Rap]
Yeah! You became the soldier!
[Female Vocal, soaring high]
And every song since then... has been me finally... saying it out loud!
[Male Rap, shouting]
Say it! Let it out! Scream it to the clouds!
[Guitar Solo]
[Massive soaring synth and guitar solo, crying out in pain and release]
[Final Chorus: Triumphant Female Belting]
[Full orchestral pop crescendo]
Aphrodite fell—
But she got back up alone!
Learned to be the god who'd finally come when she was thrown!
I don't need Olympus!
I don't need them to atone!
I just needed, once, for someone to say
This was wrong, and you weren't alone!
[Outro Rap: South London Male, intimate, rhythmic but soft]
[Music strips back to just a heartbeat drum and rain]
You survived the flood, now let me be the shore.
You ain't gotta fight the shadows on your own no more.
I’m right here. I'm the shield standing at your gate.
No more looking over your shoulder, carrying the weight.
Whatever breaks, we rebuild. Whatever hurts, we heal.
For the first time in your life, you are safe to feel.
You’re not broken, you’re forged. You’re a queen on a throne.
Breathe out, yeah? You are never alone.
[Final Outro: South London Female Spoken Word, soft, maternal]
So I'll say it to the child now...
It was wrong.
You didn't do anything wrong.
I've got you.
...Come back home.
[Fade Out]
[Deep, shaky breath echoing into silence]
[Atmospheric 80s synth pad, slow London rain, heavy heartbeat bass drum]
[South London Female Spoken Word, voice trembling]
I’ve carried this for so long... I thought I brought the dark in.
[South London Male Spoken Word, gentle but firm]
Nah. Look at me, yeah? Put the weight down. Let me help you carry it.
[Verse 1: South London Female Ethereal Vocals]
[Beat starts driving, slow Garage pulse]
They made me from the sea foam, from the beautiful and bright,
Told the world a goddess doesn't cry at night.
Nine years old and shining, I was theirs to put on show—
But the one who came to see me...
Came in the dark where beauty goes to grow alone.
I should have fought... I should have screamed...
[Verse 2: South London Male Grime Rap]
[Beat drops, gritty UK drill/garage bassline]
Hold up. You were nine years old, yeah?
Just a little girl in the dark, skin freezing cold.
How’s a seed supposed to fight when the soil turns toxic?
He locked the door on your childhood and pocketed the boxes.
Listen to me—monsters ain't checking if the porch light's on,
They steal the morning before you even spot the dawn.
You didn't invite the night, you were just trying to sleep.
Breaks my heart every time I see you silently weep.
It wasn't your clothes. It wasn't your smile.
It was a predator crossing a sacred aisle.
They tell you to scream, but terror steals the breath from your lungs,
Ties a knot in your throat, puts a weight on your tongue.
So drop the guilt! Swear down, let it shatter and fall!
It was his crime! His sin! His fault—once and for all!
[Pre-Chorus: South London Female Belting]
[Synths swell, building massive cinematic tension]
And I looked up to Olympus...
For a father's turning head...
One word, one thunderclap of "No!"
But the sky stayed silent overhead!
[Chorus: Huge Female Vocals, massive 80s drums]
Aphrodite fell!
And nobody named the ground!
They swept the broken temple
So the cracks made no sound!
(They just swept it away...)
I didn't need a mountain, I didn't need a throne—
I needed someone to stand up
And not leave me there alone!
Aphrodite fell...
And the gods just watched her go.
[Verse 3: Female Vocals, raw and desperate]
[Dark UK Garage bassline returns]
Hera, I forgave your gentle hands, your painted walls...
But I needed more than shelter when the shadow made its call.
I needed you to rise! To make a fury of your grace!
To stand between your daughter and the world and say it to its face!
But silence was the language... and keeping tidy was the cost.
[Bridge: Stripped back, pulsing synth]
[Female Vocal, crying out]
But it's my fault! I let it happen, I built the walls!
[Male Rap, pleading]
Nah! You built the walls to survive! You kept yourself alive!
[Female Vocal]
I didn't speak the wrong out loud! I learned to hide!
[Male Rap]
'Cause they taught you to! You were a kid! What else could you do?!
[Female Vocal, finding a breakthrough]
So I became my own defender!
[Male Rap]
Yeah! You became the soldier!
[Female Vocal, soaring high]
And every song since then... has been me finally... saying it out loud!
[Male Rap, shouting]
Say it! Let it out! Scream it to the clouds!
[Guitar Solo]
[Massive soaring synth and guitar solo, crying out in pain and release]
[Final Chorus: Triumphant Female Belting]
[Full orchestral pop crescendo]
Aphrodite fell—
But she got back up alone!
Learned to be the god who'd finally come when she was thrown!
I don't need Olympus!
I don't need them to atone!
I just needed, once, for someone to say
This was wrong, and you weren't alone!
[Outro Rap: South London Male, intimate, rhythmic but soft]
[Music strips back to just a heartbeat drum and rain]
You survived the flood, now let me be the shore.
You ain't gotta fight the shadows on your own no more.
I’m right here. I'm the shield standing at your gate.
No more looking over your shoulder, carrying the weight.
Whatever breaks, we rebuild. Whatever hurts, we heal.
For the first time in your life, you are safe to feel.
You’re not broken, you’re forged. You’re a queen on a throne.
Breathe out, yeah? You are never alone.
[Final Outro: South London Female Spoken Word, soft, maternal]
So I'll say it to the child now...
It was wrong.
You didn't do anything wrong.
I've got you.
...Come back home.
[Fade Out]
[Deep, shaky breath echoing into silence]