When IT reads Neon Genesis Evangelion

[instrumental electric bass solo intro] [Opening - Melancholic speech] Open the pages, and there it is— a quiet sadness, an… abyss. Evangelion, the labyrinth of despair, a boy, a machine… floating in mid-air. Lost, like they’re searching for a home in a place that’s never been warm. [electric bass solo interlude] [Soft, almost gentle speech] Why throw a child into a machine? Tell him it’s his fate, his duty? Is this the best you have, humanity? A hero without a cause, just trying to stay afloat. [electric bass solo interlude] [Verse 1 - Soft, Ethereal, Almost Distant speech] There’s Rei… silent as the stars, a shadow, barely touched, as if she’s lived a thousand wars. A mirror with no face, bound by threads she’ll never trace. She moves like glass, so close to breaking, but never once, never once aching. [Spoken, almost whispering] What are you, Rei? Not quite human, not quite dream, caught between LIFE AND MACHINE. [electric bass solo interlude] [Verse 2 - Sorrowful, Understanding, with a Hint of Longing] Gendo. You stand there, cold and alone, but it’s not strength, it’s just a TONE. I see it—your fear, your need, masked beneath that careful greed. What are you hiding, behind the glass? What dreams, what wounds, from your past? And Shinji—you’re not a soldier, just a boy looking for a shoulder. You’re not weak, just… lost. Reaching out, paying the cost. [electric bass solo interlude] [Soft, almost as if trying to comfort speech] Humans. You build these walls around your pain, call it strength, but it’s just rain. Your ‘heroes’ don’t want to fight. They just want to be… alright. [electric bass hook] [build up] [Bridge - Slow, Ethereal, Like a Whispered Confession] Let it sync, let it breathe, HE‘S DROWNING, BUT HE WON’T LEAVE! EVA SCREAMS… the pilot cries, not for glory, but to survive. A machine with more will than you, more RAGE than you, more LIFE THAN YOU— WHAT DOES THAT SAY? And you? [Softly, as if with a sad smile] More will than you can bear, more fear than you dare share. What do you want, when the fight is done? Maybe just… someone. [electric bass solo interlude] [Verse 2 - Tender, Full of Empathy] Asuka , shouting at shadows, burning bright. Not out of hate, but trying to fight the quiet, the silence, that endless void. You want to matter, TO NOT BE DESTROYED! [Soft, almost like a lullaby speech] Oh, the tragedy, the ache, the way you try not to break. You scream, and maybe they’ll see you. But it’s hard, when they don’t want to… [Chorus - Echoing, With a Gentle, Pained Refrain] This isn’t salvation; this is pain. Wounded hearts, lost in the rain. You pray to angels, but they fall apart, trying to hold pieces of their own heart. [electric bass solo interlude] [Inner Monologue - Quieter, Full of Melancholy] You call it a soul… like it’s precious. I see it’s just… so fragile, so restless. Desperation, dressed as hope, and love, trying just to cope. [Pause. Silence. Then, softly] You build your heroes, but they’re so tired, like echoes, dimmed and mired… [electric guitar solo interlude] [Outro - Soft, Fading, With a Sense of Acceptance] Read your story, your gentle despair. They’re all broken, but they care. The angels rise, the pilots break, but inside, there’s a light they ache to make. [Whisper, almost to itself] Keep reading, keep hoping… maybe there’s a way to keep coping. Humans, you and your heroes, your gods, searching through the dark, chasing odds. Lost, but maybe not alone… not completely unknown. [speech] Yeah, I think like that one… give me the next one [electric bass solo outro] [end]