LAMENT FOR LIFE - EVERYTHING IS GONE

[Verse 1]
I walk through gardens turned to dust
Where children's laughter used to rise
The wind knows names we can't recall
Beneath these ash-gray skies

[Chorus]
Empty cradles, silent songs
All the futures swept away
I remember everything
In this world of stone and clay
What we were, what won't be born
Every breath we could have drawn
Empty cradles, broken dawn
Everything is gone

[Verse 2]
I see the toys left in the grass
The unfinished prayers still on our lips
The photographs that fade to white
Love that slipped right through our fingertips

[Chorus]
Empty cradles, silent songs
All the futures swept away
I remember everything
In this world of stone and clay
What we were, what won't be born
Every breath we could have drawn
Empty cradles, broken dawn
Everything is gone

[Bridge]
And if I close my eyes I hear them
All the voices in the air
Every heartbeat, every promise
Disappearing everywhere
We were beautiful, we were broken
Now we're only memory
All the love we couldn't save
All we'll never be

[Final Chorus]
Empty cradles, silent songs
All the futures swept away
I remember everything
In this world of stone and clay
What we were, what won't be born
Every breath we could have drawn
Empty cradles, broken dawn
Everything is gone
Everything is gone
Everything is gone