HERO’S JOURNEY V - CONSUMED

[Intro – almost silence, distant low tone] Nothing left… [Verse 1] Everything I had is gone now No direction, no control All the things I thought defined me Fell apart and took their hold No one there to say I matter No one there to call my name Just the echo of a life I left And everything that changed [Laura – very distant, barely there] I’m still here… [Verse 2] Days don’t feel like they are moving Time just circles back again Every step feels like I’m sinking Further from what I had been No reflection left to measure No identity to claim Just a question without answer And a world that feels the same [Pre-Chorus] When there’s nothing left to hold What remains inside your soul [Chorus] I’m stripped down to nothing now No more answers, only how How I stand and how I stay When everything has gone away No more past to fall into No more shape to hold as true If there’s something underneath It’s all that’s left of me [Laura – faint, steady] Don’t let go… [Verse 3] There’s a silence growing louder Than anything I’ve known Not outside but deep within me Like a truth I’ve never shown If I’m broken, let me break here If I’m lost, then let it be If there’s something left beneath this Then that’s what’s real in me [Bridge – minimal, almost spoken] No disguise No escape No one left to validate No illusion left to keep Only what runs underneath [Chorus – softer, more internal] I’m stripped down to nothing now No more answers, only now Only breath and only space Only what I cannot fake If there’s something still alive It won’t run and it won’t hide And if that’s all that remains Then it won’t be taken away [Outro – fading, hollow] Nothing left… [Laura – barely audible, but closer than before] I’m here…