[Verse 1] [Instrumentation: Soft piano and delicate acoustic guitar] [Vocal style: Soft, breathy twin sister harmonies] The room goes cold, the air turns thick A hollow space where the clock won't tick Not a shadow cast, not a whisper made But the weight arrives as the colors fade I reach for warmth but I touch the frost The silent toll of the love we lost [Chorus] [Instrumentation: Tagelharpa joins the piano and acoustic melody] [Vocal style: Soft, breathy twin sister harmonies] Oh, Silver Maiden with the bone-white crown You carry the souls and you lay them down Caught in the cycle, the duty, the curse Of the empty room and the universe You wish to hold, you wish to stay But your touch is the night that ends the day [Verse 2] [Instrumentation: Atmospheric synth pad bandage building texture] [Vocal style: Soft, breathy twin sister harmonies] You stand by the bedside, you watch the tears You’ve counted the heartbeats for a thousand years You want to be comfort, a kiss, an embrace But you’re the crushing weight in this hollow place The choking silence is all that you bring To the broken soul and the song we sing [Transition] [Instrumentation: Ethereal synth pads swell to mask the shift, acoustic instruments drop out, death metal guitars and war drums ignite] [Verse 3] [Instrumentation: Death metal and doom metal guitars, heavy war drums] [Vocal style: Kyrgyzstan male growls] THE VEIL IS THIN WHERE THE HEART RETREATS YOU PACE THE FLOOR ON SILENT GHOST-LIGHT FEET A WITNESS TO THE WRECKAGE OF THE MORTAL SPARK TRACING THE EDGES OF THE ABSOLUTE DARK YOU SEE THE JAGGED PIECES THAT THE LIVING LEAVE AND YOU’RE FORCED TO WATCH AND YOU’RE FORCED TO GRIEVE HELD IN THE STILLNESS OF THE LIFE YOU STOLE BOUND BY THE DUTY TO COLLECT THE SOUL [Bridge] [Instrumentation: Bass-heavy, slow, pulsating doom metal rhythm] [Vocal style: Kyrgyzstan male growls alternating with twin sister harmonies] It isn't your malice, it isn't your greed You are the servant of the final seed Eternal conflict in your hollow eyes Ferrying ghosts to the quiet skies You are the horror, you are the guide Stuck in the dark by the grieving side [Outro] [Instrumentation: Abrupt transition; soft piano, tagelharpa, and ethereal synth pads return] [Vocal style: Soft, breathy twin sister harmonies] Soft for the children, burning for the wrong You are the end of the final song Weight of the ages, shadow of grace Trapped in the silence of this empty space [Fade to silence]
