The Torn City

[Instrumental] [Soft piano, distant choir] [2 bars] [Verse 1] Within your arms, a fortress stood, Strong as stone, yet carved in wood. I saw the city rise so tall, But love, I watched it fall. [Break] [Verse 2] Whatever foe laid siege outside, I knew your strength, I felt your pride. Their arrows broke, their fire died, Yet still, you let them inside. [Chorus] The gates swung wide, the echoes rang, A love undone by hands that sang. No army tore these walls apart, It crumbled from within your heart. [Break] [Verse 3] The banners torn, the halls grew cold, The streets we walked now paved in gold. But wealth and steel can’t heal the past, When love is built too fast. [Interlude] [Chorus] The gates swung wide, the echoes rang, A love undone by hands that sang. No army tore these walls apart, It crumbled from within your heart. [Break] [Bridge] I stood amidst the dust and stone, A king dethroned, a heart alone. You held the key, yet turned away, And left the ruins where I lay. [Break] [Breakdown] A city burned, a silence deep, A love once sworn, now lost in sleep. Through broken gates, the wind still cries, A ghost of love beneath the skies. [Outro] Now silence walks where love once stayed, A ghost within the war we made. No enemy had strength so vast— You opened the gates, and let them pass.