Ascend - Act II β Scene One - Three Years In
[The Story β New Meridian, 2091. Cael Morrow rises from the Lower Grid to lead a revolution called The Ascending, seizes the Governing Council, and slowly becomes the very thing he overthrew. His oldest friend Lyra watches the drift. His enforcer Sable runs further than he authorized. And the people eventually sing his own words back at him as an indictment.] [Cael β Baritone Solo] [Intro] [Instrumental β single piano note, low string enters slowly beneath] [Verse 1] [Male Vocal β quiet, discovering the song as he sings it] Three years in and I can feel the shape of it now The way the job sits on your shoulders Like a building you agreed to hold up And forgot to ask how heavy Three years in and the speeches feel different Not wrong exactly β but older Like a song I wrote when I was certain And now I'm not so sure of all the words [Verse 2] [Male Vocal] This is the room I promised I would change And I'm sitting in the same chair And the window shows the same view Just with different shadows underneath Was it the power? Was it always going to be this way? Or did I make the choices That built the walls that keep the truth at bay? [Chorus] I still believe β I need you to understand I still believe in what we started But believing isn't the same as delivering And I'm three years in And I'm so β tired [Bridge] [Spoken β barely audible] And Lyra hasn't called. And Lyra hasn't called. [Outro] [Instrumental β piano fades to nothing]
