"Empires of Sand" This song was made as an entry to the Stezious Hook Challenge. Original chorus by Stezious https://suno.com/@stezious Check out the playlist of the related songs: https://suno.com/playlist/603e3673-fa21-4af0-9b0a-3debdc58095f ____ Through subway tunnels, far from morning rays While coffee traces fade out on working days The rhythm of our footsteps makes its way through immobility Like timecards punched in silence as the city slowly breathes From receipts that fill our pockets deep To bills we stack but never keep Each paycheck builds our paper throne Till winds of change leave us alone Nothing man made lasts We've sought the sky, for moments passed We ought to cry, and yet we laugh Entire empires are built of sand N they'll wash away for nothing man made lasts Nothing man made lasts Nothing man made lasts Monday mornings slip away like sand Through fingers marked by wedding bands Perhaps we work, perhaps we waste These hours that nothing made will last


