The Last Witness

INTRO (Ney flute wails, 808s pulse, finger cymbals, 8 seconds) I remember Thebes like a pulse beneath my skin... A heartbeat the world forgot... Yesterday it was alive... This morning... gone... VERSE 1 — Ethereal (Ney flute, oud, soft darbuka, 20 seconds) I remember Thebes like a pulse beneath my skin A heartbeat the world has forgotten The Nile caught the sun like molten gold Markets filled with spice and cotton Temples rising toward the heavens Priests chanting in the dawn's first light Now I walk where streets should be Nothing remains but endless night PRE-CHORUS (Strings swell, 808s build, 8 seconds) I called to the priests, no one answered Their faces gone from every stone CHORUS 1 — Egyptian Choir (Full drop: 808s, horns, choir, 20 seconds) I am the last witness I remember what the sands forgot The temples, the pharaohs, the voices The city that time could not rot I clutch the memory like an ember Burning in the darkness of the void I will remember forever Even if it leaves me hollow and destroyed TRANSITION (Beat switch: 808s distort, hi-hats speed up, 4 seconds) VERSE 2 — Trap Rap (Rapid hi-hats, heavy 808s, distorted bass, 25 seconds) Walk where Thebes used to be, now it's nothing but dust I remember every temple, every pillar, every bust Pharaohs on the throne, now they're just stone I'm the only one who knows this city ever had a home They erased it overnight, like a glitch in the system I'm the last one standing, and you know I still miss 'em Priests, merchants, farmers, all the voices in the square Now I'm walking through the void, gasping for air PRE-CHORUS — Trap Build (808s build, hi-hats rapid, 8 seconds) I see the obelisk in my mind Every time I reach, the ground dissolves CHORUS 2 — Trap/Hybrid (808s hit harder, trap hi-hats, horns, layered vocals, 20 seconds) I am the last witness (last witness) I remember what the sands forgot (forgot) The temples, the pharaohs, the voices The city that time could not rot (couldn't rot) I clutch the memory like an ember (ember) Burning in the darkness of the void (void) I will remember forever (forever) Even if it leaves me hollow and destroyed BRIDGE — Half-Time Ethereal (Half-time, heavy bass, whispered, ney flute weeps, 20 seconds) I don't know what erased it Sometimes I tell myself it never existed Other times... I feel it was deliberate Something beyond comprehension Looked at my city and decided It had no right to be No right to stand beneath the sun And now I'm the only one TRANSITION (Darbuka builds, 808s rise, 4 seconds) VERSE 3 — Trap Rap (Fastest) (Rapid hi-hats, heavy 808s, fast flow, 20 seconds) I wander through the emptiness, aching for the river Aching for the laughter that the wind failed to deliver The barque of Amun floating, gold upon the Nile Now I'm walking through the mist for mile after mile No end in sight, no light, no sound I'm the only soul in this forgotten town But I hold the memory like a flame I'll remember Thebes forever, every name FINAL CHORUS — Full Power Hybrid (Full power: choir, horns, 808s, trap hi-hats, 25 seconds) I am the last witness (last witness) I remember what the sands forgot (forgot) The temples, the pharaohs, the voices The city that time could not rot (couldn't rot) I clutch the memory like an ember (ember) Burning in the darkness of the void (void) I will remember forever (forever) Even if it leaves me hollow and destroyed OUTRO — Ethereal Fade (808s fade, ney flute lingers, spoken, 12 seconds) I am the last witness... I remember Thebes... The city that once touched the sky... Now nothing remains... but me... And the memory... of home...