[Intro] (A slow, mournful piano melody plays over the sound of ragged, painful breathing. A gentle, resonant acoustic guitar joins in. The atmosphere is quiet, heavy, and intimate.) [Verse 1] [Female Vocal] Hold still, don't move, just let me tie this tight The bleeding has to stop before the morning light. Your hands are turning cold, your face is pale and drawn We made it through the night, but now we face the dawn. The iron doors are shut, the scavengers are dead But looking at your wounds, I fear what lies ahead. [Chorus] [Both] Are we dying for the ghosts of yesterday? Trading our tomorrow just to keep the dark away? With blood upon the archives and ashes in our hair, Is there any future left for us to share? We saved the history of a world that didn't care, But the cost of our survival is too much to bear. [Verse 2] [Male Vocal] Every breath is fire, a needle in my chest I just want to close my eyes and finally find some rest. I see the blinking servers, the knowledge of the past But flesh and bone are fragile, and mortals never last. Why do we guard these shadows, why do we take the blow For people who destroyed themselves a hundred years ago? [Chorus] [Both] Are we dying for the ghosts of yesterday? Trading our tomorrow just to keep the dark away? With blood upon the archives and ashes in our hair, Is there any future left for us to share? We saved the history of a world that didn't care, But the cost of our survival is too much to bear. [Verse 3] [Female Vocal] Because without the memory, the darkness truly wins We have to keep the spark alive where everything begins. [Male Vocal] But what good is the spark if we're too cold to feel? If all we have is broken bones and rusted, bloody steel? [Both] I don't know the answer, I only know the pain But as long as we are breathing, the sacrifice remains. [Bridge] [Male Vocal] (Softly, struggling) Stay with me... don't let me fall asleep. [Female Vocal] (Tearful, reassuring) I'm right here beside you, it's a promise I will keep. [Both] In the quiet of the vault, beneath the frozen earth, We try to find the meaning of what a life is worth. [Outro] (The acoustic guitar plucks a few final, lingering notes. A single cello swells and slowly fades away into the hollow silence of the underground facility.) [Female Vocal] (Whispering) Just keep breathing... (Fade to silence.)
