What Will We Leave?

(STEZIOUS HOOK CHALLENGE) [Verse 1] The clock ticks loud in a hollow room, Shadows stretch beneath the moon. A mirror cracked, a fleeting chance, Reflections fade in the final dance. [Pre-Chorus] The walls are speaking, the echoes grow, A fragile world we’ll never know. [Chorus] We've sought the sky, for moments passed, We ought to cry, and yet we laugh. Entire empires are built of sand, N they’ll wash away, for nothing man-made lasts. ...Nothing man-made lasts. [Verse 2] Machines hum low as the earth breathes deep, A quiet chorus where secrets sleep. The golden thread unravels fast, We clutch the future, but cling to the past. [Pre-Chorus] The fire burns, the shadows play, And still, we chase the light of day. [Chorus] We've sought the sky, for moments passed, We ought to cry, and yet we laugh. Entire empires are built of sand, N they’ll wash away, for nothing man-made lasts. ...Nothing man-made lasts. [Bridge] A voice calls out from the edge of the storm: “What will you leave when the world transforms?” The towers crumble, the rivers rise, But hope still lingers in our eyes. [Chorus] We've sought the sky, for moments passed, We ought to cry, and yet we laugh. Entire empires are built of sand, N they’ll wash away, for nothing man-made lasts. ...Nothing man-made lasts. [Outro] The stars are fading, the dawn arrives, Through every ending, the song survives...