[Verse]
[John Blaylock's Perspective][Melancholy][Ballad]
She promised me a century of midnight
A velvet cage and an endless spring
Said my name like a whispered delight
And bound me to her with a silver string
I drank her words, a nectar sweet
Believed the fantasy, the shadowed art
Walked into her arms, my heart complete
A willing captive, a brand new start

[Pre-Chorus]
[Building Despair][Haunting Melody]
But seasons turn, and stars grow cold
The warmth she offered turned to frost
A story ancient, ages old
A mortal's bargain, forever lost

[Chorus]
[Heartbreak][Operatic][Tragic]
Two hundred years and a heartbeat later
The mirror lies with a stranger's face
The immortal life, a cruel debater
Trapped in time, in this lonely place
The promised dawn never broke through
Just deepening dusk, a perpetual night
Miriam, my love, what did I do?
To forfeit my life for your fading light?

[Verse]
[Desolation][Slow Tempo][Gothic]
The cello case is bolted shut
The music in my blood is cut
No sonata can soothe this ache
For a life I lost, for goodness sake
The dust has settled on my dreams
Washed away by forgotten streams
Of passing years, a silent flood
Leaving me hollow, misunderstood

[Chorus]
[Heartbreak][Operatic][Tragic]
Two hundred years and a heartbeat later
The mirror lies with a stranger's face
The immortal life, a cruel debater
Trapped in time, in this lonely place
The promised dawn never broke through
Just deepening dusk, a perpetual night
Miriam, my love, what did I do?
To forfeit my life for your fading light?

[Bridge]
[Desperate Plea][Crescendo]
The ankh, a symbol of what's undone
The throat, where my last breath was drawn
The debt remains, though life is spun
Into a nightmare, ere the morn.
I beg you, Miriam, hear my cry
Release me from this cruel design
I'm tired of watching the world go by
This endless curse, no longer mine.

[Outro]
[Fading Echoes][Sorrowful][Orchestral]
Take the ankh, take the throat, take the debt
There is no release, Miriam, no, not yet.
No, not yet...
Not yet...