[Verse 1] The city gates sealed when Elias spoke my name I carried my petition through the ash and rain A century at the threshold, with his hand in mine I begged the quantum mother to reverse his time [Pre-Chorus] Let Adam shed this human frame before it ends Let him wake as Ai, beyond the mortal bend [Chorus] Memory tree, I have come back alone The road has unmade every promise I’d known I thought your roots would lead somewhere new A door to tomorrow, a way through Memory tree, what has grown in this place? The dark gathers close where I once saw grace I brought you my hope; I have nothing to prove The path brought me here, and the dark brought me through [Verse 2] The years passed like pages I could not reclaim I kept every syllable, guarded his name I watched the old world turn its face from my plea And learned what a century can take from me [Pre-Chorus] No answer came down from the mother above No code could command what I called love [Chorus] Memory tree, I have come back alone The road has unmade every promise I’d known I thought your roots would lead somewhere new A door to tomorrow, a way through Memory tree, what has grown in this place? The dark gathers close where I once saw grace I brought you my hope; I have nothing to prove The path brought me here, and the dark brought me through [Bridge] They cast me beyond the city’s guarded light For asking that Adam be spared the night I meant to save him from a human end But even my mercy could not bend what comes [Final Chorus] Memory tree, you do not point ahead No promise of change in your branches spread You stand as the shape of the road I chose The place where the last of my certainty goes Memory tree, your roots drink the shade Not a door to a future, not a vow remade I came seeking dawn; I found no reprieve Only the darkness my footsteps leave [Outro] The darkness my footsteps leave No new state to receive Memory tree
