The Juice of Years Verse 1 I asked for water on an ordinary day, A stranger smiled and took my thirst away. He placed a glass of emerald in my hands, "Made from your yesterdays," he softly said. "There's youth that danced through endless fields of green, And all the weight your silver hair has seen." Pre-Chorus One sip... it tasted bittersweet, Like broken clocks and summer streets. Like every dream I couldn't hold, Dissolved inside a drink so cold. Chorus I drank the juice of all my years, Mixed with laughter, mixed with tears. Every heartbeat I had known Bloomed like flowers, turned to stone. Life can fit inside a glass, Every future, every past. Drink it slowly if you dare... Time is breathing in the air. Verse 2 I saw a boy still chasing skies, With fearless hope inside his eyes. Then I became an aging man, Touching photographs with trembling hands. The walls remembered every name, While I forgot who I became. Pre-Chorus The room grew silent, light stood still, The world obeyed a hidden will. No clock remained, no road was clear, Only echoes drawing near. Chorus I drank the juice of all my years, Mixed with triumph, mixed with fears. Every promise, every scar Shining like a distant star. Life can fit inside a glass, Every shadow that we pass. Drink it slowly if you dare... Time is breathing in the air. Bridge Someone called me from beyond the sound, Then I woke upon the ground. Faces gathered all around, As if they'd watched my spirit drown. The glass was warm inside my hand, Green stains clung like grains of sand. Far away he stood once more... Smiling like he'd known before. Final Chorus I drank the juice of all my years, Now I know why memory appears. Not to trap us in the past, But to whisper, "Nothing lasts." If another glass finds me, I won't ask what it might be. I'll raise it high beneath the skies... And drink the truth behind my eyes. Outro Some strangers never tell their names... They simply pour our lives into a glass... And disappear.
