The Dream the Gods Sent

Verse 1
I left the world where swords still sing,
Where men make war out of breathing.
Immortal hands, tired and clean,
I chose the silence in between.
The future knocks when I try to sleep,
Not with words, but rot so deep.
A warning wrapped in velvet black,
A gift no god will take back.
Pre-Chorus
The sky went heavy, the air turned thin,
Even stars forgot how to win.
Chorus
Dark clouds came crawling over the land,
Everything they touch forgets how to stand.
Stone turns soft, gold turns gray,
Even forever starts to decay.
I watched myself begin to fall,
The last thing left when they take it all.
Verse 2
Forests bent and flowers screamed,
Rivers curdled, nothing dreamed.
Time itself began to bruise,
No path left that I could choose.
I saw my name dissolve in air,
Prophecy rotting everywhere.
Not death, not sleep, not final breath,
Something far more patient than death.
Pre-Chorus
No blade to fight it, no spell to bind,
It eats the world and leaves no mind.
Chorus
Dark clouds came crawling over the land,
Everything they touch forgets how to stand.
Flesh turns cold, gods turn small,
Even heaven learns how to fall.
I watched myself begin to fall,
The last thing left when they take it all.
Bridge
I woke up screaming without a sound,
Immortal heart still safe… for now.
If gods still care, they’ll hear this plea:
Don’t let this future come for me.
Outro
The dream still lingers under my skin,
A countdown carved from within.