[Intro – cinematic] (soft pads, distant strings, slow evolving theme) [Verse 1] The night is fading into open air A quiet light is rising everywhere No trace of fear, no sound of war Only the ground that still remembers more [Pre-Chorus] What was taken was never gone It only changed the shape of dawn [Chorus] Under the sky where time stands still The fire remains, it always will No crown was won, no soul was torn This is Wakhan, the last dawn [Verse 2] The river flows through dust and flame It speaks in breath, not in a name Every step that crossed this land Still lives beyond the reach of hands [Pre-Chorus] The end is just a wider view Of what the earth was always true [Chorus] Under the sky where time stands still The fire remains, it always will No crown was won, no soul was torn This is Wakhan, the last dawn [Instrumental / Spiritual Section] (strings and flute intertwine, slow build) [Bridge – reflective] No victory carved in stone No defeat that stands alone What was given returns as light Carried through the endless night [Final Chorus – expanded] Under the sky where worlds are born The fire survives beyond the storm No final word, no ending sworn This is Wakhan, the last dawn [Final Chorus – variation] Under the sky, eternal and wide The living and gone still walk inside Nothing was lost, nothing withdrawn This is Wakhan, the endless dawn [Outro – fading] (strings dissolve, wind ambience, silence)
