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“This Is My Life” is Velvet Ember’s rawest confession — a stripped-down, documentary-style track recorded during a period when the band was running on fumes, deadlines, and sheer stubborn hope. It began as a venting session during a late-night production meeting; someone hit “record” without thinking, and what spilled out became one of the most honest pieces in the entire Velvet Ember canon.

This version comes from a damaged behind-the-scenes tape, recovered from a stack of discarded reels meant for logging, not release. The heavy video grain, dim lighting, and analog scratches give it a true found-footage realism — like watching a moment never intended for the spotlight. No glamour. No polish. Just truth.

The song itself is a declaration, a refusal, a whispered prayer:
a reminder that behind the costumes, harmonies, and universe-bending theatrics, there are real hearts holding the whole thing together.

“This Is My Life” captures Velvet Ember in their quietest rebellion:
not against enemies or fate…
but against the weight of being extraordinary all the time.

This Is My Life —
a truth caught on tape,
and kept because it mattered.

Lyrics

I’ve been walking in the shadows,
Dancing to your twisted tune.
You thought you owned my heartbeat—
But I broke your spell too soon.
Now I’m stepping into daylight,
With a brand-new soul to claim…
I’m done with chains and cages,
Go on, remember my name.

No more hunger, no more orders,
No more playing in your game…

I don’t care what you say anymore—
This is my life!
Go brood in your coffin if you want,
I won’t pay that price.
I got friends now, love now,
A future forged in starlight—
Oh, I don’t care what you say anymore,
‘Cause this is my life!

(“Yes it is, sugar—his liiiiife!”)

I remember every moment,
Every whisper in the dark.
But I’m lighting up my own path—
Watch me strike my final spark.
I won’t kneel before a tyrant,
Won’t be carved into your art…
I’m living loud and honest,
With a resurrected heart.

No more fear and no more silence,
No more breaking me apart…

I don’t care what you say anymore—
This is my life!
If you want devotion, look behind,
But you won’t find mine.
I’ve got joy now, hope now,
A lover with a grin like wildfire—
Oh, I don’t care what you say anymore,
This is my life!

(“And he’s finally aliiiiive!”)

I’m done with being your masterpiece—
A puppet made of scars.

You’re a star reborn, my dearest—
Brighter than the actual stars.

I’m choosing freedom over fear—
Choosing us without regret.

And I’m standing right beside you,
Haven’t lost you yet…

I don’t care what you say anymore—
This is my life!
Take your chains and shove them where
The sun don’t shine!

“Suuuunnn don’t shiiiiine!”

I got love now, fire now,
A family I chose in my fight—
And I don’t care what you say anymore…
This is my liiiiiife!

“…his life.”