Echoes of the Man I Was | #TheTavern

[Verse 1] (Soft, mournful strings, a lonely piano playing in the distance) The fire fades, the night is still, Their voices whisper on the hill. The blood is dry upon my hands, Yet still, I walk… I still withstand. [Pre-Chorus] "Is there a man behind these eyes? Or just the beast… where darkness lies?" [Chorus] I hear them call, I see their eyes, Shadows of love, lost in the tide. But hands of death pull at my skin, The man I was… is caving in. [Verse 2] I see her face in ember’s glow, A ghost that time won’t let me know. Her voice like rain upon the stone, But in my grasp… she turns to bone. [Pre-Chorus] "Is there a man behind these eyes? Or just the beast… where darkness lies?" [Chorus] I hear them call, I see their eyes, Shadows of love, lost in the tide. But hands of death pull at my skin, The man I was… is caving in. [Bridge] "She waits… she waits… but not for me." The mirror cracks, the sky turns black, No road ahead, no path back. The chains are tight, my heart is stone, A king of ruin… yet so alone. [Final Chorus] I hear them call, I see their eyes, Shadows of love, lost in the tide. But hands of death pull at my skin, The man I was… has died within. [Outro] (Music fades to a single, eerie violin, echoing into the silence.) "There is no way back…"