A Thread Across the Sea (Remastered)

[Intro] [in whispered echo, like the sea answering itself] Sand through fingers, years through bone, A voice condemned, a heart alone. Each tide returns, each moment dies, The chain is forged, the silence lies. [Verse 1] Once I built dreams in the sand and sea, Whispered to waves: “Will you carry me free?” The sky turned grey, the winds stayed cold, Lost were the stories I once told. [Verse 2] The stars have vanished, the moon lost glow, The island hoards secrets I’ll never know. My voice grows thin, my hands now frail, Entwined forever in time’s cracked veil. [Chorus 1] Oh Calypso, your song now drowns, Bound by the tides as the sun goes down. The years, they laugh, they carve your name, A puppet you are in Kronos’ game. [Verse 3] A thousand suns on the shoreline burn, Yet clocks unwind as the worlds still turn. Each tick a shackle, each breath a chain, I curse the Titan who rules my name. [Verse 4] Through shattered mirrors, strange eyes stare, A ghost of myself still lingers there. Shadows claw at the threads I weave, But hope is the secret I dare believe. [Bridge 1] [fast, syncopated, Lin-Manuel density] Scythe in the dark, the sand runs thin, The cycle repeats, I’m trapped within. Each second a lock, each hour a tomb, But sparks ignite in eternal gloom. [Chorus 2] Bring me the fire that burns the dark, Guide me to where I can leave my mark. A heart that aches with endless fight, Craving escape from the shadow’s bite. [Verse 5] The past a phantom that claws at my mind, Threads of tomorrow too frayed to bind. Yet still I rise where the clock strikes near, To break the cycle, to drown the fear. [Verse 6] The sea still hums of a freedom lost, Of wings unbuilt and a sky uncrossed. But chains can rust and the wheel can stall, The Titan falls when I rise, when I call. [Bridge 2] [in chant-like call and response] — Kronos speaks: “You are mine to own.” — I defy: “No chain can bind this throne!” — The hourglass breaks, the minutes bleed, — I plant defiance like a seed. [Final Chorus] Oh Calypso, your heart beats strong, No chain of time can bind your song. The years may scream, the hours betray, But your fire burns what they can’t take away. [Outro] [in echoing layers, fading like waves] Chains of time… break, unwind… Threads of fate… redefined… A voice reclaimed, a soul untied… The tide still turns, but I decide.