Keyblade

Lyrics

[Intro]
You are sleeping on the floor of a ship made of blocks
Your fingers twitch, curling around empty air.

[Verse 1]
I am leaning against the wall, watching your chest rise.
I am a terrible sword. My balance is entirely wrong.
My teeth are flat, my shaft is thick, I am forged
For metaphysics, not for a battle song.
A solid block of crown-shaped steel.
I was never meant to make a heavy impact real.

[Chorus]
I am a mechanism, heavy and absurd
A blunt-force metaphor for a breaking world
I was meant to turn the tumblers in the dark
Not to beat the shadows out of a living heart
But every time I click and the deadbolt slides
I am sealing away the boy inside.

[Verse 2]
The token at my pommel clinks when you run.
You are fourteen years old. You should be throwing sand.
Instead you stand on the edge of a dissolving sky.
You don't even reach for me anymore, you just demand—
Your nervous system expects my thirty-six inches of length,
And I flash into your palm before your mind can summon strength.

[Chorus]
I am a mechanism, heavy and absurd
A blunt-force metaphor for a breaking world
I was meant to turn the tumblers in the dark
Not to beat the shadows out of a living heart
But every time I click and the deadbolt slides
I am sealing away the boy inside.

[Bridge]
They call me an instrument of destiny.
But I know what a key is designed to make.
It creates a boundary. It builds a wall.
It decides which things are allowed to break.
I keep the darkness out, yes, I seal the floor
But what am I locking you in for?

[Outro]
Just a key.
A clumsy, golden key.
When the sky is finally whole again
Will you remember how to let go of
The lock