[Verse 1] We lived beneath a ceiling That never changed its face, Counting shifts and measured breathing, Keeping silence in its place. Every corridor divided People once inclined to stay. We passed like distant shadows With nothing kind to say. I repaired the ancient lenses No one lifted to the light. They said the sky was useless To those who worked at night. [Pre-Chorus] Then a letter found my doorway: There was passage in my name. Enough to reach the surface. Enough to leave unchanged. [Chorus] But before the colours leave me, Let me give them all to you— Every gold the morning carried, Every impossible blue. Let the walls release their darkness. Let the old divisions move. Before the colours leave me, Let me spend them all on you. [Verse 2] I traded every ticket For the glass beneath the floor, Bought the copper, cloth and pigment, Opened one forgotten door. I rebuilt the broken heavens From the records we had saved— Clouds above a distant ocean, Fields of light across a wave. No one knew what I was making. No one asked why I remained. They only heard the dormant engines Learning how to breathe again. [Pre-Chorus] Then the dome began to open, And the darkness turned to flame. People who had stopped forgiving Sat together without names. [Chorus] Before the colours leave me, Let me give them all to you— Every gold the morning carried, Every impossible blue. Let the walls release their darkness. Let the old divisions move. Before the colours leave me, Let me spend them all on you. [Bridge] A father found his daughter Under constellations drawn. Two old friends stood without speaking Until the bitterness was gone. Children reached toward the ceiling, Calling colours into life. Someone laughed beside a stranger. Someone set aside a fight. And for one unguarded evening, No one asked what they were owed. We were simply there together Underneath a sky that glowed. [Reveal] When the final star had faded, You found the medicine I’d hidden. You learned why every line grew softer, Why the brighter shades went missing. I had not refused the surface Because I feared another life. I stayed because the sky was clearest While I still possessed the sight. [Final Chorus] Before the colours leave me, I will give them all to you— Every ember, every sunrise, Every deep and tender blue. Keep the dome alive without me. Teach the sleeping light to move. When the colours finally leave me, I will still have seen them through you. [Outro] Morning entered through the shutters. Someone placed my hand in theirs. Above us, all the children Were rebuilding new repairs. I could no longer see the sunrise, But I knew when it appeared— The whole settlement fell silent, Then the silence disappeared.
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