[Intro] (A slow, rhythmic electronic pulse begins, resembling a fading heartbeat. Cold, sweeping synthesizer pads create a feeling of vast, empty space. The sound of rapid footsteps echoing down a metallic hallway.) [Verse 1] [Female Vocal] I leave you by the glowing cores, the fever taking hold I step into the lower depths, the air is biting cold. My flashlight cuts the heavy dust, the corridors are blind I have to find the medical, I have to leave you behind. [Male Vocal] (Filtered, echoing as if over a radio or in a fever dream) The shadows dance around the room, the servers hum a song I don't know where the present ends, or where I now belong. [Chorus] [Both] Deep inside the sterile dark, a labyrinth of glass, Watching every second drop, watching the minutes pass. A race against the fading pulse, a beggar to the machine, Looking for a miracle somewhere in between. The ghosts are waiting in the walls, the silence is so loud, Racing through the underground to save you from the shroud. [Verse 2] [Female Vocal] The doors slide open silently, a pristine, white domain A tomb of ancient medicine untouched by all the rain. The cabinets are locked in steel, I shatter through the screen Searching for the chemicals to wash the poison clean. [Male Vocal] (Ethereal, disconnected) I see the people walking by, the phantoms in the grey They whisper that it’s time to sleep, they tell me it’s okay. [Chorus] [Both] Deep inside the sterile dark, a labyrinth of glass, Watching every second drop, watching the minutes pass. A race against the fading pulse, a beggar to the machine, Looking for a miracle somewhere in between. The ghosts are waiting in the walls, the silence is so loud, Racing through the underground to save you from the shroud. [Verse 3] [Female Vocal] I find the vials glowing pale, the synthetic embrace I grab the nearest trauma kit and turn around to race. I'm running through the empty halls, my lungs are burning deep Just hold on for a minute more, please don't go to sleep! [Male Vocal] (Fading away) The light is getting very bright, the pain is almost gone I'll wait for you across the edge, where we can greet the dawn. [Bridge] [Female Vocal] (Panicked, breathless) I'm coming back! I have the cure! Just keep your eyes on me! [Male Vocal] (Barely a whisper) The water's calm... the sky is clear... I'm drifting out to sea. [Outro] (The rapid footsteps stop abruptly. The sound of a heavy door sliding open, followed by a frantic rustling of supplies. A sharp hiss of a pneumatic syringe.) [Both] The needle breaks the fevered skin... Let the ending, or the life, begin. (The heartbeat synth pulse flutters erratically, then flatlines into a single, continuous electronic drone. The drone slowly shifts back into a steady, albeit slow, rhythm. Fade to silence.)
