Between Breath and Silence

Lyric: The night asks questions I can’t escape Whispers my name through frozen rain If every heartbeat fades to dust What are we fighting for? I’ve seen candles burn down to nothing Watched shadows swallow the sun If death is just a doorway Why does it feel like a gun? And I’m standing on the edge of forever Talking to a sky that won’t reply If there’s a meaning written in the dark Why are we born just to say goodbye? Maybe we’re sparks in a storm Maybe we’re echoes of something divine Or maybe we’re lost in the silence Trying to prove we’re alive Now listen Time doesn’t wait, it erases the names Carves them in stone then it washes with rain We build up empires inside of our brains Chasing a throne that we never will claim Who am I under the skin and the scars? Dust in the wind or a child of the stars? If life is a test then what are the marks? Why does it end when it finally starts? They tell me “fear nothing, death is release” But why does it steal every piece of our peace? Why do we love if it tears us apart? Why give a soul just to break a heart? I feel it calling in the quiet A distant drum beneath my chest Is this the curse of being human To never know what comes next? If tomorrow closes my eyes Will I become a memory? Or something greater than this body Something wild and free? Maybe death is not the ending Maybe it’s the final breath before the sea Maybe we’re not meant to understand Maybe we’re just meant to be. And if I fall into the silence Let the darkness speak my name I won’t beg the sky for answers I’ll walk into the flame.