[Intro — Distant, fragile male vocals, airy harmonies] Why the tragic end? Why the broken soul? Why the tragic end? No one left to hold [Verse 1 — Soft, vulnerable, almost whispered] If you have seen The flicker of my soul Then hold me close If you can tell This worn and broken shell Then give me back a dream I want this heart to lose control [background vocals swell with the beat] [Pre-Chorus — Rising emotion, layered distant vocals] Follow me down Crash into cause and fate When blood runs like a river I’m my own Follow me down Crash into cause and fate If you still love me Then don’t forget my bones [Chorus — Explosive distorted guitars, desperate soaring male vocals] Can you hear me now? Can you feel me break? Am I still alive? Or another mistake? All this chrome inside Took the boy I knew If I lose myself Will I still have you? Can you hear me now? Can you feel me break? Am I still alive? Or another mistake? All this chrome inside Took the boy I knew If I lose myself Will I still have you? [Post-Chorus — Ethereal, fragmented harmonies] Why the tragic end? (Chrome, blood) Why the broken soul? (Love, sorrow) Why the tragic end? (Night City, angels) No one left to hold (Memories, ashes) Chrome, blood Love, sorrow Night City, angels Memories, ashes [Verse 2 — Intimate, exhausted vocals, slowly building intensity] I gave away The pieces of my name For one more day Beneath the steel There’s something I can feel That hasn’t gone away I watched the skyline swallow every star And wondered if you’d love me as I am Or only who I was before these scars [Pre-Chorus 2 — More desperate, layered harmonies rising] Follow me down Where all the angels fall Where dreams become a sickness And we crawl Follow me down Beyond the city lights If there’s a heaven Would they let me inside? [Chorus — Full emotional release, lead vocal breaking into high notes] Can you hear me now? Can you feel me break? Am I still alive? Or another mistake? All this chrome inside Took the boy I knew If I lose myself Will I still have you? Can you hear me now? Can you feel me break? Am I still alive? Or another mistake? All this chrome inside Took the boy I knew If I lose myself Will I still have you? [Post-Chorus — Female-like falsetto layers surrounding the male lead] Why the tragic end? (Chrome, blood) Why the broken soul? (Love, sorrow) Why the tragic end? (Night City, angels) No one left to hold (Memories, ashes) Chrome, blood Love, sorrow Night City, angels Memories, ashes [Bridge — Instrumental drops away, lonely male falsetto] If I could turn back time Would I recognize The person looking back at me? And if I close my eyes Will you be waiting there? Somewhere beyond the city Somewhere I can breathe [Soft distant harmony] Somewhere I can breathe… [FINAL — GRAND CINEMATIC ASCENSION] [Orchestral strings swell. A massive choir enters softly beneath the lead. Multiple male harmonies begin stacking in ascending octaves.] [Lead — Fragile, gradually becoming powerful] If I fall tonight… Will you remember me? If I lose this fight… Will you remember me? [Choir — Soft, reverent, overlapping] (You were everything…) (You were everything…) (You were everything to me…) [Lead — Powerful high tenor, voice trembling] I GAVE MY HEART! I GAVE MY SOUL! TO A CITY THAT WOULD NEVER LET ME GOOOOO! [Choir — Expanding, angelic, praising the fallen] (Oh, beautiful dreamer!) (Oh, beautiful soul!) (You were more than the metal!) (You were more than the chrome!) [Lead — Soaring above the choir] AND IF I NEVER SEE THE SUN! IF ALL MY DAYS ARE FINALLY DONE! JUST PROMISE ME YOU’LL CARRY ON! AND KNOW THAT I WAS SOMEONE! [Full choir — Triumphant, overlapping harmonies] (You were someone!) (You were loved!) (You were everything!) (You were enough!) [Lead — Highest emotional note, sustained with vibrato] I WAS ALIIIIIIIIIVE! [Choir — Massive sustained harmony] (You were alive!) (You were alive!) (You were aliiiiive!) [Instrumental peaks with cinematic percussion, distorted guitars, and soaring orchestral strings.] [Lead — Softening, almost crying] And if there’s something Waiting after this… I hope it looks like you… [Choir — Gradually fading, reverent and tender] (Beautiful dreamer…) (Beautiful soul…) (Rest now, beloved…) (You can let go…) [Outro — Instruments disappear, one distant male voice] Why the tragic end? Why the broken soul? [Whispered] No one left to hold… [Final sustained choir note fades into silence]
