[Intro – spoken, quiet fire crackle, One son lost… one cursed to roam. The ground I tilled now drinks our home. I once broke heaven’s vow — my son break mine now. [Verse 1 – soft, trembling voice, acoustic drum heartbeat] Blood in the sand where the seed once grew, The dust remembers more than I knew. My breath in both — now breath in none, The curse of father passed to son. The wind don’t speak, it only moans, Through the fields we built from stone and bones. I see my hand in every fall, The blood sings — I caused it all. [Chorus – low male chorus joins, faint echoes of “Cain” whispering beneath] Blood in the sand — the circle turn, Ash to ember, flesh to burn. Each birth a debt we still must pay, Each dawn repeats the yesterday. Blood in the sand — from dust, to man, We rise, we fall — we start again. [Verse 2 – Eve’s soft harmony enters, mournful and human] Eve cry low, “We bore the flame, But couldn’t tame what bore our name.” The girl she weeps, but life will wake, From broken hearts new worlds will make. I see the mark upon his brow, A sign of mercy, even now. For though he walks where light won’t land, The fire follows — by His hand. [Bridge – rising orchestral, faint chant of “fire ah come” underneath] I heard the earth beneath me groan, It whispered, “Father, you are not alone.” Through blood and birth, through pain and seed, Each fall will feed the root we need. Not end, not curse, but what must be — For every wound births memory. [Final Chorus – full choral swell with distant echoes of Cain’s earlier rage] Blood in the sand — the story stays, Written in hearts in a thousand ways. The fire don’t die — it only bend, From first to last, beginning to end. Blood in the sand — not shame, but span, The breath of God through every man. [Outro – Adam’s voice fades to a whisper, Eve hums the “I Will Protect Her” melody] One son gone. One lost to flame. Still I see… My soul in both their names.