To my brother, Captain

[Intro] (Lonely piano melody, soft ambient wind sound) [whispering](Are you here?) [Verse 1] The stage is bright, but I am shivering cold A story of a secret that can’t be told Behind the sequins and the painted smile I’ve been walking in the dark for a long, long mile The shadows in the front row have hollow eyes They feed on the echo of my silent cries I’m standing on the edge of a glass-thin floor Waiting for the hand that can open the door. [Pre-Chorus] (Strings enter, building tension) My voice is trembling like a falling leaf A prisoner of a memory, a ghost of a grief I’m breathing in the ash of a dying star Watching for your signal from afar... [Chorus] Can you hear the heartbeat of a broken bird? Singing out the message that can’t be heard I’m calling through the static of the cosmic rain Trying to hide the shadow of a hidden stain! Oh, Pilot of my soul, don’t you look away I’m losing my grip on the light of the day If I fall into the black, if I drift too far Will you find the pieces of your falling star? [Verse 2] They whisper names that cut like a jagged blade Watching as the colors of my spirit fade They think they own the rhythm of my lonely heart While they tear my world and my dreams apart I see you standing there in the distant haze A lighthouse in the middle of this burning maze But the wall between us is made of my pride And the thousand things that I’ve buried inside. [Verse 3] (New - The Inner Plea) The wine is bitter, it can’t hide the fear I wish the hum of the engines was all I could hear I’m reaching out through the layers of pride To the little girl that I’ve tried to hide... You told me once that the stars never lie But they look so cold from this velvet sky I’m holding my breath till the music is through Just to find my way back, my brother, to you! [Bridge] (Cello solo, heavy and emotional) The monster is smiling, he’s waiting for the end To break the final string that I’m trying to mend But brother... oh, my brother... can you feel the spark? Don't let me be swallowed by the hungry dark! (Drum build up! Orchestral explosion!) [Chorus] Can you hear the heartbeat of a broken bird? Singing out the message that can’t be heard I’m calling through the static of the cosmic rain Trying to hide the shadow of a hidden stain! Oh, Pilot of my soul, don’t you look away I’m losing my grip on the light of the day If I fall into the black, if I drift too far Will you find the pieces of your falling star? [Final Chorus] (New - Desperate Surge) (High notes, maximum emotional power) I’m your anchor, even if I’m torn! (Higher!) In the eye of the storm where the pain was born Don’t let the shadow take the last of me Set the spirit of the fallen valkyrie free! Oh, Captain, can you feel the pulse of the light? I’m screaming your name through the dead of the night Hold the line, don’t you let go of the chain Wash away the sorrow, wash away the pain! [Outro] (Music fades to a single piano note) I’m still here... Just a little longer... Find me... In the silence... (Wait for me...) [End]