Hear Me

[Intro | melancholic piano ostinato | cold desolation] [Verse 1 | quiet vocals | intimate delivery | melancholic piano ostinato | cold desolation] I remember the light, but it died long ago, Only cold ashes left where it used to glow. You burned this mark into me with Your own hand, You named me Lord of Evil — Your command. You gave me will, but sealed off every road, Left me to smolder in the silent cold. I can't escape, and I can't ever find Peace in this dead and lightless state of mind. [Chorus 1 | quiet restrained vocals | subdued delivery | melancholic piano | no dynamic lift] Where are You, Father, in the silent spheres? I send a curse to You instead of prayers. Through walls of dark, through ages' boundary lines, I raise to You this ragged, broken cry: [Desperate vocal emphasis] Hear me! [Verse 2 | quiet vocals | restrained bitter delivery | melancholic piano ostinato | sparse strings | gradual tension build] You look below, but see only dust and dirt, A toy that broke and can't be whole again. Your love is a myth, forgotten and inert. Your love is only bitterness and pain. I don't beg forgiveness for the things I've done. I don't pray to have my heavens back again. I send final verses into the unknown, But my addressee will never hear or read. [Chorus 2 | more insistent vocals | gradual emotional intensity | rising tension] Where are You, Father, in the silent spheres? I send a curse to You instead of prayers. Through walls of dark, through ages' boundary lines, I raise to You this ragged, broken cry: [Desperate vocal emphasis] Hear me! [Bridge | rising tension | gradual instrumental build-up | intensifying drums | powerful violins] [Final Chorus | desperate vocals | maximum emotional intensity | powerful instrumental, emotional climax] Where are You, Father, in the silent spheres? I send a curse to You instead of prayers. Through walls of dark, through ages' boundary lines, I raise to You this ragged, broken cry: [Final desperate cry | emotionally breaking delivery] Hear me! [Sudden stop | complete silence] [Whispered vocals | fragile delivery | exhausted | intimate | no accompaniment] Hear me... [Hard cut | abrupt ending | NO fade-out | NO no instrumental outro]