The Ledger of Tears

[Intro] (A very slow, heartbeat-like sub-bass pulse, the fragile, crystalline arpeggio of an African Kora, and a weeping Armenian Duduk in A minor) [Verse 1] The neon bleeds across the empty bed, Another ghost is running through my head. You took my secrets, and you took my pride, And left a cold, metallic taste inside. Life is a crooked dealer, stacked with lies, We watch our sanctuaries burn and die. But I won't cry, I won't complain to fate — Who has it easy at the final gate? We trade our flesh for just a moment’s spark, Then count the damages inside the dark. [Chorus] Oh, let the sweet, sad ledger slowly close! That’s just the way the heavy river flows. An A-minor heartbreak in a velvet room, A bitter vintage blooming in the gloom. The didgeridoo is humming nice and low, A toxic love... and I just let it go. No tears for me, no pity for the blind, Just another ghost I’m leaving far behind. [Verse 2] You’re in his sheets tonight, you’re in his space, Erasing all the lines upon my face. It is unfair, the way the cards are dealt, The ice is frozen where the fire melted. But look at me — I’m standing on my floor, I pour the whisky and I lock the door. The tube amplifier gives a golden sign, The only thing that's truly, safely mine. The music weeps for everything we lost, While I sit quietly and pay the cost. [Bridge] (The slow blues drums fade out completely. Only a thick, pulsating analogue sub-bass and a хрустальный перебор африканской коры. The low baritone voice whispers with intense warmth and a slight rasp directly into the mic) Who has it easy in this shifting sand? Who keeps the promises they write by hand? Nobody, baby... So I don't complain. [Outro] (The ultra-slow, sensual blues-Fado groove returns with full emotional nadryv. The low-register Baritone Saxophone plays a long, weeping solo, dueling with the Kora and Duduk. The low male voice fades into a deep, vibrating rumble.) No complaints. Just the sound. Turn it up... (Fade out with a tragic, dusty guitar strum and a sharp mechanical amplifier click into total silence)