[The Challenge] Greetings person that spends the time reading the description! Know your time is appreciated and I shall limit its waste! This song is the result of a challenge given to me by Akiko (@pincessakikoheartfield), it was at my request, although she was free to set the rules. The constraint went as follow: "A ghost story (the type we tell around a campfire, in the line of "goosebumps" or "Tales from the Crypt", in a new musical style", which later became "Pop, trip-hop, r&b, folk". Now, it does sound like an easy task right? Wish it went as it sound. But that's for when I have more time. Akiko! The ghost of your challenge haunted me the entire time, but it was the perfect challenge and exactly what I was looking for. The only difference between a madman and a genius is whether or not it works. I guess we can know what you turned me into with that one! For the rest of you, if you want to help me get some justice back for my lost sanity, please join the #JusticeForLux movement, and help me flood Akiko's page (https://suno.com/@princessakikoheartfield) with follows and likes in appreciation to her great body of works! That will show her to not torture her friend, even when they asked for it! (For the record in case this gets mistranslated: this entire part was a massive playful joke, nobody is actually mad, in pain or insane (actually I cannot vouch for that one but I should be good): just be sure to check her page out if you haven't, you won't regret it!). ________________________________________ [Backstory // Settings] A house has been haunted for many years, possibly centuries, by a ghost that is unable to leave. Mara spends most of her day alone, finding enjoyment every few years as a new person enter her domain. And it just so happen the house has been put out the marker once again. The new buyer should arrive soon, will things be different this time, or a repetition of the same? ________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------- ( ©Lux-Nocthys 2025 ) -------------------------------------------------- [Mara] I walk my path alone, And the road hasn't always been kind, I can't help but think I've been left behind, That somehow my name got lost to time! Many choices, led me to where I stand. To this home, a faraway land. [Mara 2] My heart is yearning, for a brand new start. A single door to cross and shred this past apart. But I can't leave I must stay, These walls are the rampart to my vérité. This heaviness I feel didn't come with any pain, It's just the weight of all the sins I've been carryin'. [Chorus 1][Mara] Ohhhhhhh... (Cold!) Its cold... (Very cold!) Dark and cold... (So dark! So cold!) Peace, why has peace left? (Forsaker! Forever gone!) That voice... can't it stop? (Never! You need it!) (She needs us!) Hooooooome... I don't want to be alone (Friends! Friends!) **Noise** [Break][Mara] Heard that? (Yes!) Someone's here (Yes!) We can finally play.... [Whispered] yes.... **Laugh** [Orpheus] I walk my path alone, And the road hasn't always been kind, Many faces I've crossed, many more I've left behind. I think fate got me lost, or never gave me enough time Many choices cast aside, led me to this moment. Toward a new home, in this faraway land. [Mara 3] My heart was yearning for a change, A new player caught in the little maze. This one came in like a superstar Not even bearin' a single scar. (Too perfect...) All the same... He needs to pay (They all shall) But lets keep this one breathin', At least for the moment (YES!) [Chorus 2][Orpheus] Ohhhhhh! Cold! Why is this house so cold? (Ouuu) Alone! And why can't I feel alone!? (Cause you're not sweety, hahaha) Its like the walls are closin' in, Like the floor will drag me in. (Shhhhh, wait a littl—) [Mara] Peace.... Where have you gone? (It was never here... hahaha) [Bridge][Mara] Why! Oh why, hasn't this one break!? All the other one had already gone insane. This game of ours cannot see the end, Not before his mind too, finally bends. [Orpheus] Ohhhhhhhhhhh! I know, that somethin' is lurkin' these walls. I sense it, I feel it, even if I cannot see it. But whatever it is.. it's hurtin'... it's broken... It's..— [Mara] He's not leaving! He's not screaming! WHY HASN'T HIS MIND ALREADY BEEN SHAKEN! [Orpheus] Something's amiss, I just know. But the eeriness to me is nothing... Something's amiss, I just know. But the eeriness to me is nothing... I've seen far worse... I am, far worse. [Mara] He sleeps again, ever so soundly... What goes in this mind of his? How does he resist? Should I enter? (Do it!) Let's see.... **Fingersnap** [Orpheus] Peace.... Calm.... Serenity.... Find the balance within' thyself. Do not wash away the sins, For they are a part of you. Carry them.... Remember them... Atone them. And never forget them... "Found ya... I see you now." **Beep** **Beep** [Last Chorus][Duet] [Mara] Cold! This place is burning cold! [Orpheus] Forever lost [Mara] Forever ours! [Orpheus] He's not like the others [Mara] She's not like the others [Orpheus] Cold! This place is not alone! [Orpheus] He knows [Mara] She knows [Orpheus] The pain [Mara] The strain [Orpheus] The harm [Mara] The hurt [Orpheus] He's seen [Mara] She's lived [Both] The sins Home We're home And never alone