[spoken word] Ashen Locket tells of a pendant that erases the wearer’s memories with every passing day. Through Corin’s quiet reflections, the Room’s curse unfolds — a haunting folk-ballad of love that fades even as it’s remembered. This track is part of a full album covering The Vanishing Room. If you like what you’re hearing, make sure to follow the playlist to catch the full story as it unfolds. Visit thevanishingroom.com ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ [Verse 1] Around her neck, there’s only smoke, But in the glass, a locket shows. Her eyes forget the road she walked, Her mouth forgets the names it spoke. I watch the chain erase her skin, The silver hums and pulls her in. The more she wears, the more she fades, Her song dissolves in shadowed waves. [Chorus 1] Ashen locket, whisper slow, Take the face she used to know. Ash and locked in, thread unspun, Every memory comes undone. [Verse 2] I saw the stranger in the chain, Etched in silver, etched in pain. To me, it drifts, a fading breath, To her, it hums the hymn of death. And in the mirror, truth is clear, A locket gleams, but not from here. It holds the curse the Room designed, A love erased, a hollow mind. [Chorus 2] Ashen locket, shadow’s vow, She forgets the here and now. Ash unlocked it, smoke within, Carves the curse beneath her skin. [Bridge] I tried it once, but nothing hung, Only haze inside my lungs. The key I held kept me awake, But left me trembling in its wake. A moment lost, a year undone, I felt the weight of what’s begun. The chain still burned against my chest, A tether cursed, a cruel unrest. [Verse 3] Now she hums a song with no refrain, Repeats a word but not my name. The locket gleams when glass divides, But to my sight it’s only sky. Her memory drifts, her laughter gone, The smoke consumes, the curse lives on. Not monsters here, but sorrow’s art, The Room has locked away her heart. [Chorus 3] Ashen locket, quiet flame, Take her voice, erase her name. Ask and locked in, stranger’s art, Leave her hollow, leave her heart. [Outro] She wears the smoke, she wears the chain, Both the locket and the bane.