From the recording LP12 HORIZON IX
The lyrics portray a haunting vision of collapse and impermanence, where shattered streets, fading lights, and dissolving memories reflect both a broken world and the fragility of human bonds. Amid rising seas and falling skies, dreams vanish “without a fight,” leaving only silence and the fleeting comfort of holding one another. The refrain “shadows of the dawn” captures the central paradox—hope itself has become only a shadow, a memory of light swallowed by night—underscoring the song’s meditation on loss, futility, and the transient nature of all things.
Lyrics
Verse 1
The streets are drowned in broken glass,
Echoes whisper of the past.
Every step is slow decay,
Every light just fades away.
Pre-Chorus
And I’m still waiting in the rain,
Tracing patterns of the pain.
Chorus
Shadows of the dawn,
Bleeding into night.
Everything we dreamed
Is gone without a fight.
Hold me while the silence grows,
Nothing left but what we chose.
Verse 2
Faces blur and walls collapse,
Memories dissolve to ash.
Hands reach out but never stay,
Promises just rot away.
Pre-Chorus
And I’m still standing in the storm,
Wishing wounds could keep me warm.
Chorus
Shadows of the dawn,
Bleeding into night.
Everything we dreamed
Is gone without a fight.
Hold me while the silence grows,
Nothing left but what we chose.
Bridge
The sea keeps rising…
The sky keeps falling…
We keep dreaming…
But nothing’s calling.
Final Chorus
Shadows of the dawn,
Echoes of the past.
We were never built
For anything to last.
Hold me while the silence grows,
Nothing left but what we chose.
Shadows of the dawn,
Shadows of the dawn,
Shadows
Shadows of the dawn