[Intro – vintage crackle + eerie pads]
(faint whisper, female)
“The glass remembers… the glass will break…”
[Verse 1 – Ballad, female vocals]
Every pane reflects my name,
Every mirror’s a gilded frame.
Empire towers built on lies,
I watch the world through fractured eyes.
The glass beneath me feels so thin,
I walk in silence, afraid to begin.
Love’s a secret, loyalty’s a chain,
Every choice leaves a shatter, a stain.
[Pre-Chorus – crooner-style male background]
(soft, distant)
“Fragile light, fragile heart,
Every kingdom falls apart…”
[Chorus – Anthem, female lead + male rap counterpoint]
FEMALE:
The glass frontier, sharp and clear,
Break me down but keep me near.
Every vow is a weapon I hold,
Every secret’s worth more than gold.
MALE (rap, rapid-fire):
Crown on her head, but her heart’s in the fire,
Family name’s just a funeral choir.
Lies on the glass, but the cracks don’t hide,
When the pane explodes, who’s on your side?
[Verse 2 – female + male alternating]
FEMALE (tender):
I see his face in the static glow,
Kael Vox — a name I shouldn’t know.
If love’s rebellion, then I am the crime,
But I’m bleeding silence in borrowed time.
MALE (rap, harsher):
Hale bloodline, dynasty cracked,
Every promise built’s a knife in the back.
Empire sings while the towers shake,
Tell me, Lucienne, which vow will you break?
[Bridge – industrial percussion + orchestral swells]
FEMALE (soaring):
Every shard cuts, every truth bleeds,
I can’t be queen of a kingdom of needs.
MALE (growl/rap overlap):
Glass walls fall, no throne remains,
Blood on the crown, love in the chains.
BOTH (layered, crashing):
WHEN THE GLASS BREAKS, WHO WILL YOU BETRAY?
WHEN THE GLASS BREAKS, WHO WILL YOU BETRAY?
[Final Chorus – full power]
FEMALE:
The glass frontier, it calls my name,
Fragile beauty, eternal shame.
Love or empire, which one survives?
Only broken glass remembers our lives.
MALE (rap underlayer):
Pages burn, the empire falls,
Lucienne’s voice through the shattered halls.
[Outro – vintage crackle returns, female whisper]
“The glass remembers…
The glass will break…”