Hook: https://suno.com/s/zmm9WJIgnQkET66V [Intro] The first thing that changed was his hand The warmth withdrew beneath the skin He had been reaching out to me When all the movement left him [Verse 1] I watched the colour leave his face A final thought behind his eyes His lips preserved the shape of words That never reached the open air The others ran before I turned Their footsteps scattered through the dust I stayed beside the one who couldn't And learned how long a moment lasts [Pre-Chorus] I lowered my eyes Too late to undo The shape of a man Who came close enough to see me [Chorus 1] My gaze, my curse The last thing living in his eyes My gaze, my curse A face that time can never change He came to look upon a woman He left a silence carved in stone And now the only face that knows me Will never turn to look again [Verse 2] I know the crack beside his mouth The place where rain collects at dawn I brush the dust from his closed eyelids Though nothing there can feel my hand The broken temple fills with faces Each one caught before goodbye I speak to them when winds grow quiet And answer for them when they don't [Pre-Chorus 2] I used to fear What I could do Now I fear the years I'll spend remembering them [Chorus 2] My gaze, my curse Their final expressions never fade My gaze, my curse I keep the faces fear has made They never leave, they never change They never tell me who I am A thousand eyes surround my silence Not one can meet my gaze again [Bridge] I used to think the stone was merciful It kept their faces as they were But stone remembers no affection And cannot give a touch in return I know each feature by its absence Each frozen gesture by its end I made a world that cannot leave me And lost the chance to be seen again [Final Chorus] My gaze, my curse I turned their last embrace to stone My gaze, my curse And made this ruin my only home I thought the dead would keep me company I thought their faces might forgive But every face is turned toward nothing And none can see the life I live My gaze, my curse Their eyes remain, but no one sees I gave the world a thousand statues And left no one to look at me
