The Relic

[Intro] [Soft ticking clock] [Low piano note rings out] [Ambient guitar swell] [Verse 1] I’ve watched the velvet turn to dust Watched bloodlines break and silver rust You hold the key like it’s your throne But iron remembers what’s its own I count your breathing in the dark I know the silence. I know your heart. [Pre-Chorus] [Strings rise slowly] The floorboards bend beneath your pride This house has teeth. It keeps what hides Tick... tock... You hear the walls, but not their thoughts. [Chorus] [Full band enters] Go on and dance through the ruin and smoke Through the hollow halls where the old world broke You’re just a spark in a long dead light In a house still stitched to the endless night I was here before your name was stone And I’ll be here when you’re gone alone [Verse 2] [Pull back slightly] The portraits lean with empty eyes They’ve learned your fear, they’ve kept your lies The mirror splits, the candle bends This house don’t break. It only bends There’s a place behind these walls so still Where the dust waits quiet... and always will [Pre-Chorus] The rafters moan, the windows shake Every step is one more thing I take Tick... tock... This house was never yours to stop. [Chorus] Go on and dance through the ruin and smoke Through the hollow halls where the old world broke You’re just a spark in a long dead light In a house still stitched to the endless night I was here before your name was stone And I’ll be here when you’re gone alone [Bridge] [Music drops to piano, bass, distant strings] I am the ceiling I am the door I am the whisper Under the floor You called this shelter You called this home But homes remember... And I am old [Instrumental Break] [Melodic guitar lead with strings underneath] [Final Chorus] [Biggest section, full emotional lift] Go on and dance through the ruin and smoke Through the hollow halls where the old world broke You’re just a spark in a long dead light In a house still stitched to the endless night I was here before your name was stone And I’ll be here when you’re gone alone [Outro] [Everything fades except piano and ticking clock] [Whispered backing vocal] Don’t mind the shadows... They already know your name. [Clock stops]