I win in the end
(Tarja = ethereal operatic voice, Maria = guttural/snarling screams, whispers), operatic power, gothic elegance, symphonic flourishes, sensual menace, symphonic duet into a song-battle for dominance
I win in the end
(Tarja = ethereal operatic voice, Maria = guttural/snarling screams, whispers), operatic power, gothic elegance, symphonic flourishes, sensual menace, symphonic duet into a song-battle for dominance
Lyrics
Verse 1 – Tarja (Regal, soaring soprano)
They cannot— they will not— capture this divine flame.
Magnificent. Celestial. Written in eternity.
I am the face carved in starlight,
The aria no shadow can silence.
(Orchestra swells, choirs echo her lines)
Verse 1 – Maria (snarled counter)
Lies in velvet!
You are glass, and I am the hammer.
The crowd bleeds for rage, not serenity—
And their love is mine to drink.
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Hook – Both, battling for dominance
(Tarja) Main Character Energy— I am the opening hymn of creation!
(Maria) Main Character Energy— I rip the veil, I own damnation!
(Tarja) The spotlight bends, the choirs rise—
(Maria) The pit explodes, they scream my name!
(Audience becomes the battleground — half cheering Tarja, half Maria.)
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Verse 2 – Tarja
Your wits— they cut, yes… but blades are crude.
Admiration belongs to beauty refined.
I ascend— untouchable, eternal—
Their love is mine because I give them heaven.
[Verse 2 – Maria] (mocking laugh, then scream)
Heaven bores them!
They crave scars, blood, and chaos!
Flattery rots—
But my fury is forever.
Chaos is love eternal.
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Hook – Duel Intensifies
(Tarja, soaring high notes) I am the storm, the sovereign flame!
(Maria, roaring underneath) I am the storm, the sovereign rage!
(Tarja) No shield, no fate can deny me!
(Maria) No god, no throne can contain me!
(Both – overlapping) The fans are mine—MINE!
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Bridge – The Power Struggle
(Tarja, with full choir backing)
The strings rise, the heavens bend,
And you fall beneath my aria…
(Maria, over brutal breakdown riff)
No crown, no aria, only fire—
And they scream for ME.
(Both at once — Tarja hitting impossible high note, Maria unleashing guttural roar.
Spotlights split, audience torn, the band thrashes to match the chaos.)
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Outro – The “Winner”
(Tarja, whispered, angelic)
The curtain falls… and you’ll remember me.
(Maria, scream-laughing)
Or you’ll never forget me.
(Band cuts — silence. Audience decides with their screams who truly won.)