The Price of the Vision [ Atmospheric Intro: Male Vocals ] The saltcrusted pillars are cold to the touch. A silence that whispers of wanting too much. [ Verse 1: Intimate Vulnerable Male Vocals ] The traveler walks where the salt crusts the stone, Beside the dark temple where winds start to moan. The sulfur and seaspray hang thick in the heat, While gravel and bone crunch beneath weary feet. [ Pre-Chorus 1: Building Emotional Tension, Passionate Female Vocals ] The low distant hissing becomes a soft call, A feminine whisper that starts to enthrall. It speaks out the secret and hidden of names, More soothing than water and hotter than flames. [ Chorus 1: Upfront Duet, Clear Tight Vocal Harmonies ] To be witnessed is to surrender the breath, A perfect stillness in the shadow of death. The price of the vision is the life that we hold, Turning the warm blood to statues of cold. [ Verse 2: Intimate Emotional Female Vocals ] A thousand wet serpents begin to unwind, With secrets and whispers the world left behind. The mosscovered men stand in terror and prayer, While velvetgreen light fills the saltheavy layer. [ Pre-Chorus 2: Building Emotional Tension, Passionate Male Vocals ] The image is twisted inside of the bronze, A terror that grows as the sunlight withdraws. The urge to look upward is heavy and deep, Like promises broken that no one can keep. [ Chorus 2: Upfront Duet, Clear Tight Vocal Harmonies ] To be witnessed is to surrender the breath, A perfect stillness in the shadow of death. The price of the vision is the life that we hold, Turning the warm blood to statues of cold. [Instrumental Break - Atmospheric Synthesizer Solo] [ Bridge: Dry Duet Vocals, Crisp Piano, Tight Rhythm ] The polished bronze shield falls with one heavy clang, Echoing where once the old templebells rang. The metal reflects back a face full of fear, Until the dark truth of the vision is clear. [ Verse 3: Intimate Emotional Female Vocals ] The traveler looks to the emerald glow, Where seeds of the ancient eternity grow. The heartbeat is slowing to one rhythmic thrum, As skin turns to marble and fingers go numb. [ Pre-Chorus 3: Building Emotional Tension, Passionate Vocals ] The choice has been made and the shield is now lost, The threshold is open regardless of cost. One moment of beauty is all that remains, As gravity pulls at the blood in the veins. [ Final Chorus: Upfront Duet, Clear Tight Vocal Harmonies ] To be witnessed was to surrender the breath, A perfect stillness in the shadow of death. The price of the beauty was the life that we gave, Finding a kingdom inside of a grave. [ Outro: Upfront Dry Duet, Fading Emotional Resonance ] A single stone tear rolls down one marble cheek. The silence is loud and the spirit is weak. The garden is waiting and calling for more. The heartbeat is quiet on Sarpedon's floor. [Female spoken Dialogue with quiet reflective warmth] ...be still now... the silence is beautiful... just stay like that forever.
