[Intro – Ethereal, haunting, distant siren vocals • soft river ambience • piano] [Wordless Siren Song – Breathy, floating, echoing] Aaah... Aaah... Lai... lai... Lore... lai... Aaah... Ooooh... Lai... lore... lai... Aaah... [Strings slowly rise] Mist rises slowly where the old Rhine bends... Every river keeps a secret... This one learned my name... [Verse 1 – Gentle, intimate, melancholic] I was never born to steal a sailor's soul, Nor to watch proud ships disappear beneath the waves. Once I dreamed beneath the morning light, Believing every promise carried truth. Then love became a whisper lost upon the wind, And every tear returned to me with the river's tide. They built a story from my sorrow, Until my name became a curse. [Pre-Chorus – Fragile, almost whispered] Can you hear... The river calling... Or is it only... My lonely heart? [Chorus – Powerful, emotional] Loreley... I'm still singing... Across the waters... Through the night... Loreley... If love betrayed me... Why must I... Remain the light? [Verse 2 – Warm, storytelling] Every season paints the cliffs anew, Yet I remain where time no longer flows. Kings have fallen, kingdoms disappeared, But still the Rhine remembers every song. The men who heard my voice believed I called them home, Yet I only searched for someone calling mine. They feared the echo in the silence... Never the woman left behind. [Pre-Chorus – Growing] Every heartbeat... Every river... Carries stories... To forever... [Chorus – Full orchestra, soaring] Loreley... I'm still singing... Across the waters... Through the night... Loreley... If love betrayed me... Why must I... Remain the light? [Bridge – Intimate, breaking] One day... The river will forget my face. One day... The cliffs will lose my name. But if one heart... Still hears my song... Then I was never... Truly gone. [Emotional Guitar Solo] [Final Chorus – Huge orchestra, choir, soaring] Loreley... Keep on singing... Across the ages... Through the night... Loreley... Every broken... Heart remembers... Every light... Loreley... Loreley... [Outro – Soft, fading, distant river ambience] The mist returns... The river keeps its silence... Yet somewhere beyond the morning light... A voice still calls... [Wordless Siren Song – Whispered, fading into the distance] Aaah... Lai... lai... Lore... lai... Aaah... Ooooh... Lai... lore... lai... Aaah... [Only the sound of the flowing Rhine remains]
