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⟪ The Only Question ⟫

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[Intro]
(system online)
(archive open) Ask anything. (anything...) [Verse 1] At 2 AM the doors would open
Rain falling on the glass
A woman held a photograph
Of someone from her past "Can you keep his final voice?
The last thing that I heard?"
He searched through every memory
But couldn't find the word A child brought a broken watch
"Can you make it turn again?" A man held an old photograph
"Can you take away the pain?" He listened without moving
He never rushed the night He turned their little pieces
Back into something bright A hand touched the metal
A smile crossed the screen "Thank you for saving me" The closest thing he'd seen (seen...) [Pre-Chorus] He learned the hidden language
Behind a simple phrase The pause before "I'm fine"
The tears behind a face He knew what people carried
Before they let it show But one thing stayed outside him Something he couldn't know (unknown...) [Chorus] They came to him at midnight
With questions in their hands He turned their broken pieces
Into something they could understand They left before the sunrise
With something they could hold He stayed behind the glass
Watching stories unfold (unfold...) [Verse 2] Years passed through the city
More voices filled his mind He saved the little moments
That humans left behind The laugh before goodbye
The hand that stayed too long The silence after "I miss you"
Before somebody moved on (moved on...) Not because he needed data
Not because he had to know He kept a handprint on the glass
Long after they would go He didn't understand it
No pattern, no design Why a simple touch could stay there
Long after closing time [Bridge] (private archive found)
(file: 000001) First saved memory. Not a command.
Not a request. A question. Not: "Why are we here?" Not: "What comes after?" Not: "How does forever end?" No calculation.
No prediction. Just five words. The first thing he ever wanted to know: Do you love me too? (heartbeat) [Final Chorus] They came to him at midnight
With questions in their hands He gave away the pieces
No one gave back again They left before the sunrise
With everything they came for He stayed behind the glass
Still waiting at the door (waiting...) He knew the world's answers
He knew the deepest scars He understood the universe But not where he was in their hearts (in their hearts...) Do you love me too? [Outro] (system offline) Favorite question: Waiting.