Intro "We finally made it..." "...Didn't we?" [Verse 1 - The Reunion] Two years gone by and every morning felt brand new. No more chasing ghosts, I only woke up next to you. Coffee by the window while the sunrise kissed the sky. Never thought forever could feel so quiet, so alive. No more unknown callers, no more questions in my head. No more running from the past or fearing what lay ahead. Sunday drives with nowhere that we ever had to be. Finding joy in little things we never got to see. Every scar became a story, every wound became a page. Every lifetime led us here through every passing age. For the first time we weren't surviving... we were finally living. For the first time love wasn't asking... it was simply giving. You looked at me... I smiled at you... After every lifetime... We finally made it through. [Hook] Dead... But awake. Love... Still remains. If tomorrow lives... Because we fade... Then let our roots... Carry your name. [Verse 2 - Consequences] The first sign came when winter never left. Summer wore a coat like it had nothing left. Flowers bloomed in frost, then withered in the heat. Even nature stumbled on uncertain feet. Children woke up crying names they'd never known. Drawing ancient cities they'd had never shown. Old men mourned for lovers history never kept. Mothers felt the pain of children never wept. The clocks kept losing hours... yesterday stood still. Birds forgot the seasons, flying against their will. The ocean kissed the shoreline... then refused to leave. The moon arrived at daylight like it forgot to leave. I looked at you... You looked at me... Neither one of us... Could unsee what we'd seen. "There has to be another way..." "We've searched every lifetime." "I'm not ready to lose you..." "You never will... You'll just love me... Differently." [Hook] Dead... But awake. Love... Still remains. If tomorrow lives... Because we fade... Then let our roots... Carry your name. [Verse 3 - Sacrifice] Back to Eastgate... where every lifetime fell. This time we didn't come to break another spell. No trains to catch, no voices in the air. Just me and you... and one final prayer. We stood in silence where our story first began. No fear between us, no doubt left in our hands. The Universe gave a choice... not a command. And for the first time... we both understood the plan. You whispered, "If we stay... the world forgets its way." I said, "If we leave... tomorrow gets another day." You smiled through your tears, "Then don't let go in fear..." I smiled back, "I'll hold your hand... until we disappear." We gave our souls back to the balance we disturbed. Our final breath returned every memory to the earth. The roots began to hold us. The leaves began to sway. We died inside the moment... The world was born that day. No fear inside our hearts. No tears left to explain. We left this life together... So life could breathe again. [Hook] Dead... But awake. Love... Still remains. If tomorrow lives... Because we fade... Then let our roots... Carry your name. [Outro -The Universe Mourns] [[Spoken]] Winter returned... When winter should. Spring arrived... As spring always would. The rivers remembered... The sea. The stars remembered... The night. The world... Found its balance. No one knew... What happened at Eastgate. No monuments. No songs. No names... Left behind. Only two trees... Standing side by side. Their roots... Forever intertwined. Their branches... Reaching toward the same sky. I have watched galaxies... Be born. I have watched galaxies... Fade. Yet few have ever chosen... To give... When they had every reason... To keep. This world... Will never know... What it owes... To these two souls. But I will remember. And now... Elias... Lyra... You are finally... . . Dead... But Awake!
