The Unfinished Hymn

Intro

Verse 1 — Female ethereal

I crossed the threshold while the world was young,

My hands still warm, my breath still drawn.

But time did not release me —

It bound me here, where silence reigns,

And every star is a name I cannot call.

I see you on the other side of glass,

Aging in a world I'll never touch,

And I reach — and I reach —

And the dark swallows my hand.

Verse 2 — Male tenor

I built a cathedral from your absence,

Every stone a prayer you'll never hear.

They say the dead do not remember,

They say the dead do not return —

But I have heard your voice in every bell,

And I will not let you go.

I am still here. I am still here.

The years have carved me, but I remain,

A door left open in a house of dust.

Bridge — Duet

I am the echo in the nave,

The candle that will not be blown.

I am the shadow on the wall,

The name the congregation cannot speak.

We are the wound that will not close,

The hymn the choir cannot finish,

Two halves of one condemned refrain,

Singing across the veil of night —

And neither can stop.

And neither will.

Outro — Female ethereal, Gregorian

Requiescat... in the space between us...

Requiescat... in the stone...

Requiescat... in the song that never ends...