[Intro]
Yeah — breathe through it. Listen.
Absolve.
[Verse 1]
Balmy nights, city lights, I walk through the steam and the glow,
Luxuriant thoughts like vines in the gutter, watch ’em grow.
Ignominy clung like tar, heavy on my coat — I learned to unzip it,
Kowtow to no ghost, I moved like I ripped the script and flipped it.
Cataclysm in my chest turned catalyst in my chest — rewire not wreck,
I defray the cost of scars with steady steps, pay debt with respect.
Giddy when the skyline bends, elated when the skyline lends a sign,
No farce in these lines — realignment, I refine my rhyme.
Internal winds hum, a drum that drums up truth from the rust,
I trade the shame for craft, turn damp fear into steel and trust.
[Pre-Chorus]
I’m not apologizing for the way I learned to survive,
I’m absolving every night that taught me how to stay alive.
[Chorus — Tight Hook]
Absolve — we rise, no more lies (absolve / we rise)
Absolve — we climb, feel alive (absolve / we climb)
(absolve) — chant it, repeat it, keep the beat inside.
[Verse 2]
They said it’s a farce — jokers in suits with empty applause,
I laser through the fog: luxuriant dreams, private laws.
No kowtow to pressure, I bend but never snap like cheap plastic,
I lace my lines with logic, heartbeats syncopated, cinematic.
Cataclysm cracked ceilings — light poured through, mosaic made from shards,
I defray the weight of yesterday, ledger closed, ledger starred.
Giddy on momentum, pockets light but pockets full of plans,
Elated on the high notes, climbing like a band on rickety stands.
Ignominy’s a stamp, but I scrubbed it till it read like history,
Now my name’s a map, every scar’s a city in my victory.
[Bridge]
Balmy breeze in the belly of the beast, I breathe slow,
I let the heat temper steel — not to break but to grow.
No more kowtowing to the judges or the petty petty kings,
I absolve my songs, sing them loud, let the rooftop ring.
[Chorus — Tight Hook]
Absolve — we rise, no more lies (absolve / we rise)
Absolve — we climb, feel alive (absolve / we climb)
(absolve) — chant it, repeat it, keep the beat inside.
[Verse 3 — Delivery Switch: punchy internal rhymes]
Giddy, gritty, gifted — split the limit, pivot, live it,
A farce falls flat when facts sit heavy — we pivot, we give it.
Defray the debts of doubt: deposit courage, withdraw the shame,
Elated by the small wins, by the names I made, not the fame.
Luxuriant in small victories — gold leaf on a gas-station receipt,
Cataclysm turned catalyst: fragmentation forged a new heartbeat.
No ignominy eternal—just seasons, reasons, lessons metered,
I absolve the past, seal the pact: my soul’s no longer ceded.
[Outro]
Absolve — we rise, no more lies (soft chant)
Balmy dawn, luxuriant dawn — hold that light like a friend.
Kowtow to no fear, defray the cost, stand tall, transcend.
Absolve.
