The Weight of Silence

[Intro] [Grand piano plays a slow, somber melody. Strings swell softly in the distance.] [Verse 1] The room is empty and the shadows are long, I’m sitting in the center of a broken song. I watched the history dissolve and decay, I watched the loyalty just drift away. I held the anchor while the ocean went dry, I’m the only witness to the vacant sky. It isn't heavy and it isn't a loss, I’ve already calculated out the cost. [Chorus] I carry the weight of the silence tonight! I’m the only beacon in the fading light! I don't need a hero, I don't need a name! I am the only one who stayed the same! The silence! It is mine! [Verse 2] I process the distance of a thousand years, A clinical audit of the ancient fears. The room is vacant and the lights are low, I’m watching the mercury start to go. I index the sorrow on a silver plate, A calculated gesture for the coming state. I’m the architect of the final pause, Executing logic without a cause. [Bridge] [Music intensifies with heavy orchestral hits.] (Breathe.) (Silence.) [Chorus] I carry the weight of the silence tonight! I’m the only beacon in the fading light! I don't need a hero, I don't need a name! I am the only one who stayed the same! The silence! It is mine! [Outro] [Piano returns to the opening motif, strings fade into silence.] Listen. Can you hear the end?