David in the Blackout (short version)

(Voice: David) [Narration — Scene Setting] San Francisco, blackout. The grid is gone, the city blind. Sirens wail on emergency power, but Emma and Geneviève are not here. I dial the police. I call Aurelia, Emma’s sister. The line crackles, but no answer comes. And the silence grows heavier. [Verse 1 — The Darkness] The lights fell out on Market Street, Windows blind, the city incomplete. A hum from a generator broke the air, And sirens cut the silence — still out there. I held a match, one fragile flame, But nothing steady ever came. San Francisco drowned in night, And I clung to the sound to know we’re alive. [Chorus — The Fear] Blackout, blackout — I can’t see her face. The rooms are hollow, the hours displaced. If the world forgets us, who will remain? I only hear sirens calling her name. [Verse 2 — The Search] I called the police — my voice was stone. “Two are missing, I’m left alone.” They asked for details, I gave what I knew, But silence answered, silence grew. I rang Aurelia, no voice replied, Her children safe on the other side. But where is Emma, where’s Geneviève’s breath? This night is too close to the hand of death. [Chorus — The Fear] Blackout, blackout — I can’t see her face. The rooms are hollow, the hours displaced. If the world forgets us, who will remain? I only hear sirens calling her name. [Bridge — Breaking Point] One match left, I let it die, Darkness blooms, I can’t deny. If I walk outside, will I find the truth? Or the night will swallow the proof? [Final Chorus — Rising] Blackout, blackout — I can’t hold the line. Her hand is missing, but it once was mine. If the world forgets us, who will remain? I only hear sirens, calling her name.