The End Came Slow

The skyline bends like it’s giving in,

A hollow shell where we once had been,

No voices left in the shattered halls,

Just dust that drifts and slowly falls.

The sirens died, no warning sound,

No one left to hear them now,

The world went quiet without a fight,

Fading out into endless night.

(Chorus)

Life wasn't meant to reach this far,

Now we’re choking on what we are,

The end came slow, then all at once,

A final breath we couldn’t outrun.

The oceans swallowed coastal lines,

Erased the past in shifting tides,

No names remain, no trace, no sound,

Just water moving over ground.

The forests burned, then turned to stone,

No seed survives, no life is grown,

The wind just drags the ashes thin,

Like nothing living’s ever been.

(Chorus)

Life wasn't meant to reach this far,

Now we’re choking on what we are,

The end came slow, then all at once,

A final breath we couldn’t outrun.

We reached for more than we could hold,

Turned everything to ash and cold,

No future left, no after plan,

Just the extinction of a man.

(Bridge)

No need to run, there’s nowhere left,

Every step just meets what’s next,

The sky collapsed into a shade,

Of every choice we ever made.

No voices rise, no stories told,

No memory left for time to hold,

The final chapter fades to black,

And no one’s coming to bring it back.

(Chorus)

Life wasn't meant to reach this far,

Now we’re choking on what we are,

The end came slow, then all at once,

A final breath we couldn’t outrun.

Life wasn't meant to reach this far,

Now we’re choking on what we are,

The end came slow, then all at once,

A final breath we couldn’t outrun.

Life wasn't meant to reach this far,

Now we’re choking on what we are,

The end came slow, then all at once,

A final breath we couldn’t outrun.