[Dark symphonic overture. Desperate strings weeping in the background, cut by a heavy, slow, crushing minor-key electric guitar riff] [Act I: The Shadow in the Mirror] [Long electric guitar solo — sustained notes, full of distortion and echo, evoking the emptiness of the night.] Recitative [Spoken word over a deep bassline and slow drum beats] Within the cold walls of a forgotten domain, Time stands still; there is only pain. A faceless shadow, a leaf in the gale, A ghost reciting his wail. [Verse 1] A tale of nothing born, Once there was love, now torn. Pure feeling and torment untold, Now silenced in shadows and cold. I loved you so deeply, till agony cried, Yet nothing I gave could satisfy your pride. You fled to the world, left ruins behind, A wandering madman, stripped of name and mind. [Chorus Gothic Chorus - layered vocals, dark church choir combined with a rock scream] I loved you so much, till the bleeding heart broke! Till heaven collapsed and the universe spoke! My devotion was never the prize you pursued, You cast me to darkness, a soul left unglued! In eternity's grasp... without name, without form... You fled through the storm! [Act II: The Curse of Eternity] [Electric guitar solo — accelerated rhythm, sweep picking technique, sharp as a knife's edge.] [Verse 2] You cut the tether and vanished from sight, Condemning my spirit to endless night. Through rain-slick alleys where bitter winds moan, I search for your ghost in the shadows alone. I sought our communion where time has no end, Just a desolate heart no prayer can mend. [Bridge Maximum tension, galloping drums, the guitar weeping on high strings] The ramparts are crumbling! The soul is a crypt! My cries pierce the void where the darkness has split! Where are you, my phantom? My solace, my breath? In what shadowed corner do you hide from my death?! [Chorus Fortissimo, grand orchestra and wailing guitars] I loved you so much, till the bleeding heart broke! Till heaven collapsed and the universe spoke! My devotion was never the prize you pursued, You cast me to darkness, a soul left unglued! [Act III: Oblivion] [Final electric guitar solo — extended, dramatic, heartbreaking,transitioning from slow chords of despair to a final explosion of rapid notes.] [Verse 3 Final, voice trembling with pain] I love you, my darling... oblivion denies release, This cruel crucifixion won't give me peace. A nameless remembrance beneath heavy stone, A tear frozen timeless, forsaken, alone. [The final electric guitar chord rings out long, slowly fading into an infinite echo, followed by the sound of a clock ticking into the void and stopping.]
