[Intro — cinematic / whispered] Thunder in the distance… Rain on black water… One face in the mirror. One heart outside it. Narcissus… look again. [Verse 1] They told him beauty was a kingdom, So he wore his face like a crown. Every hand that reached to hold him Was another hand he turned down. He thought love should kneel before him, Thought desire meant he had won. But a mirror cannot warm you, And the moon belongs to no one. [Verse 2] Echo called him through the forest, Soft enough to break the night. She gave everything she carried, He gave silence in reply. She became the words of others, A fading voice behind the trees. He kept walking toward his image, Never hearing what she needs. [Pre-Chorus] Then the storm came through the branches, Lightning opened up the sky. He found the water, bent above it— and met the prison of his eyes. [Chorus] NARCISSUS— DON’T FALL IN THE WATER ONLY GIVES YOU SKIN NARCISSUS— LOOK BEYOND A PERFECT FACE CAN STILL BE GONE YOU CAN TOUCH YOU CAN CHASE YOU CAN DROWN INSIDE YOUR FACE BUT A REFLECTION CANNOT LOVE YOU BACK [Post-Chorus] Look away… Look away… There’s a whole world outside your gaze. Look away… Look away… Before the mirror takes your name. [Verse 3] Nemesis heard every silence, Every heart he left undone. Not revenge— just one hard lesson: you become what you outrun. So fate returned him to the water, To the hunger he had made. He loved the face beneath the surface, But the face could never stay. Every ripple broke perfection. Every touch destroyed the dream. He learned too late: the thing he worshipped was the distance in between. [Pre-Chorus II] He stopped sleeping. Stopped eating. Stopped leaving. Stopped seeing. The forest lived around him. Morning came. The birds still sang. But all he wanted was the stranger wearing his own name. [Chorus II] NARCISSUS— DON’T FALL IN THE WATER ONLY GIVES YOU SKIN NARCISSUS— LOOK BEYOND A PERFECT FACE CAN STILL BE GONE YOU CAN TOUCH YOU CAN CHASE YOU CAN DROWN INSIDE YOUR FACE BUT A REFLECTION CANNOT LOVE YOU BACK [Bridge — intimate / dark] What is beauty if nobody can reach you? What is desire if nobody can stay? What is a face if you spend your whole life watching it instead of living behind it? Echo became a voice. Narcissus became a flower. One disappeared because she loved too much. One disappeared because he never learned how. [Break — whisper] Water remembers. Mirrors lie. Flowers open where pride can’t survive. Mmm… Narcissus… look up. [Final Chorus — bigger] NARCISSUS— LIFT YOUR EYES THERE IS A WORLD BEYOND THE LIGHT BEAUTY FADES THE WATER MOVES LOVE IS SOMETHING YOU CAN LOSE DON’T DIE FOR A FACE THAT CANNOT CALL YOUR NAME DON’T TRADE A LIVING HEART FOR SOMETHING FRAMED IN WATER NARCISSUS— LOOK AWAY LOOK AWAY LOOK AWAY [Final Hook] THE MIRROR KNOWS YOUR FACE IT DOESN’T KNOW YOUR SOUL THE WATER HOLDS YOUR IMAGE IT CAN NEVER HOLD YOU WHOLE LOOK AWAY LOOK AWAY IF LOVE ONLY LEADS BACK TO YOU IT ISN’T LOVE IT’S JUST A LOOP LOOK AWAY LOOK AWAY [Outro] The storm moved on. The water rested. Echo faded through the trees. And where the beautiful boy vanished, a flower opened quietly. Not a monument to beauty. A warning. Narcissus… look away.
