Clockwork Butterfly

Lyrics:

The night is heavy
The silence is deep
I whisper a promise
To carry, to keep

Each morning I wonder
If this is the last
The shadows are waiting
To bury the past

But fragments of duty
Still hold me in place
The faintest of reasons
The thinnest of grace

Tying threads, one by one
Fragile lines that pull me on
Just enough to face the dawn
Tying threads, until it’s gone

A word I once promised
A hand I must hold
A vow to a memory
That never grows old

They seem so fragile
Yet they will not break
The threads of survival
That sorrow can’t take

Tying threads, one by one
Fragile lines that pull me on
Just enough to face the dawn
Tying threads, until it’s gone

Not for glory, not for flame
Not for honor, not for fame
But for a whisper, soft and true
I tie these threads, for me, for you

Tying threads, one by one
Fragile lines that pull me on
Just enough to face the dawn
Tying threads, until it’s gone

The night is heavy
But still I remain
Tying threads together
Through sorrow and pain

Tying Threads

Lyrics:

I watched you fall through fractured light
A whispered ghost in the endless night
Fragile wings that never knew
A touch that stayed, a hand that grew

Shadows shaped the way I learned to feel
Cold hands taught me love was steel
Every heartbeat echoed wrong
Every lullaby, a silent song

Crushed wings, I bleed in the dark
Searching for warmth in a hollow heart
Raised to think love was absence, not flame
Now I see my reflection bears your name

I stitched my sorrow into broken lines
Tracing the scars that time defines
A butterfly trapped beneath the glass
Moments of beauty fading fast

The sky I dreamt of was always grey
Tenderness taken, then thrown away
I kiss the void, I whisper your sin
Learning that love can’t live within

Crushed wings, I bleed in the dark
Searching for warmth in a hollow heart
Raised to think love was absence, not flame
Now I see my reflection bears your name

I chase the shadows where you once flew
A ghost of affection, a hue I never knew
And the mirrors lie, but I know the sting
I was made to bleed, yet still I sing

Crushed wings, I rise from the ache
Learning that sorrow is all I can take
But even in broken, I feel the spark
A flicker of love in a world so stark

Wings

Lyrics:

I rise with the hum of fluorescent light
Another day in the same gray fight
Hands moving, heart standing still
Filling the void with iron will

I learned to work, I learned to obey
Hiding from shadows that never sway
Ticking clocks replace a heartbeat’s cry
Hours bleed, yet I don’t ask why

I am the machine of one
Grinding through life till it’s all undone
Fear of silence keeps me alive
In the hum of labor, I survive

Memories fade in the office glow
Dreams discarded where I don’t go
Tasks pile higher than the pain inside
A fortress built where no one can hide

I am the machine of one
Grinding through life till it’s all undone
Fear of silence keeps me alive
In the hum of labor, I survive

If I stop, the emptiness will scream
Ghosts of longing pierce the seam
But in this clockwork, I find my skin
A hollow victory, a life I spin

I am the machine of one
No love, no loss, no rising sun
Yet in the silence after the grind
I glimpse the soul I left behind

Machine of One

Lyrics:

Shadows stretch longer
In silence I breathe
The face in the mirror
No longer believes

I was once fragile
A vessel of light
But scars became armor
In the endless night

Each wound a lesson
Each loss a disguise
Now steel fills the spaces
Behind my eyes

Metamorph, I change, I fall
I don’t know this self at all
Metamorph, I break, I rise
But fear the frost behind my eyes

The warmth is fading
I feel it decay
A stranger is forming
And pushing away

If I turn to silence
And bury the flame
Will anyone know me
Or call my name?

Metamorph, I change, I fall
I don’t know this self at all
Metamorph, I break, I rise
But fear the frost behind my eyes

I am not the same
But I cannot return
To the child of fire
Whose heart would burn

If the cost of survival
Is to turn to stone
Will I stand triumphant
Or die alone?

Metamorph, I change, I fall
I don’t know this self at all
Metamorph, I break, I rise
But fear the frost behind my eyes

Metamorph, I fade, I find
A shadow carved from fractured time
The last of the warmth has gone away
But still I breathe into the gray

Metamorph

Lyrics:

Circles carved in shadowed ground
Every step, I’m still bound
Faces change, but the eyes remain
A cycle written in endless pain

I open doors, I let them in
The smile, the touch, the fragile skin
But every warmth becomes a chain
A lesson I forget again

I open doors, I let them in
The smile, the touch, the fragile skin
But every warmth becomes a chain
A lesson I forget again

Round and round, the wheel still turns
Ash to ash, and fire burns
Karmic ties I cannot sever
Toxic bonds, repeating forever

A thousand hands, the same embrace
The mask is different, but not the face
The promise spoken fades to dust
The wheel demands, the wheel I trust

Round and round, the wheel still turns
Ash to ash, and fire burns
Karmic ties I cannot sever
Toxic bonds, repeating forever

Round and round, the wheel still turns
Ash to ash, and fire burns
Karmic ties I cannot sever
Toxic bonds, repeating forever

Spiraling upward, falling low
I reap the seeds I didn’t sow
Each soul I meet, the thread entwines
Binding my heart in endless lines

Round and round, the wheel still turns
Ash to ash, and fire burns
Karmic ties I cannot sever
Toxic bonds, repeating forever

The wheel turns on, it always will
And I remain, broken still

The Wheel that Breaks Me

Lyrics:

Stone walls breathe with a choking sound
Cold hands pressing, I can’t look down
The night above is a distant flame
But every climb feels just the same

My voice dissolves in the hollow dark
No answer comes, no guiding spark
The rope is frayed, the stones are slick
Each motion falters, each hold won’t stick

At the bottom I remain, in this water-stained tomb
Every struggle to ascend becomes another wound
But still I reach, though the walls confine
For upwards is the only line

The weight of silence, crushing, near
The echo of every wasted year
I taste the rust, I swallow stone
This grave of mine, I climb alone

At the bottom I remain, in this water-stained tomb
Every struggle to ascend becomes another wound
But still I reach, though the walls confine
For upwards is the only line

My nails are blood, my skin is torn
Yet something stirs where hope was worn
A single step, a fractured breath
A war between despair and death

At the bottom I remain, but I will not drown
I will claw against the stone until it breaks down
No prison eternal, no fate defined
I bleed upwards against the line

At the bottom, I still rise.

The Well

Lyrics:

I walked the lines they drew for me
Silent chains, conformity
A prison built of “must” and “should”
I bled my life to do what’s good

I was their weapon, sharp and blind
A hollow shell, a borrowed mind
The rage was buried, pressed below
But now it screams — it will not go

Now the mirror breaks, I see the lie
A hollow face that will not die
I did as told, I paid the due
And now there’s nothing left of you

Their milestones burned into my skin
The trophies rust, they cage me in
The mask was welded to my flesh
Until I tore, until I bled

Now the mirror breaks, I see the lie
A hollow face that will not die
I did as told, I paid the due
And now there’s nothing left of you

I see the chains that kept me tame
The hollow scripts, the puppet game
I tear the walls, I burn the frame
But freedom comes too late, too late

Now the mirror breaks, I see the lie
A hollow face that will not die
I did as told, I paid the due
And now there’s nothing left of you

The Hollow

Lyrics:

A single light adrift in black
I feel its gaze, I can’t turn back
It sways within an endless sea
It breathes in silence, waits for me

A thousand suns behind its teeth
Worlds collapse, their fire beneath
It hums a song no tongue can say
It draws the living worlds away

Lantern in the void, it beckons near
A maw beyond the edge of fear
I see the lure, I know the snare
Yet still I crawl, yet still I stare

Its hunger draped in radiant flame
A crown of ash, an unmarked name
The closer I am pulled inside
The less of me is left to hide

Lantern in the void, it beckons near
A maw beyond the edge of fear
I see the lure, I know the snare
Yet still I crawl, yet still I stare

Lantern in the void, it beckons near
A maw beyond the edge of fear
I see the lure, I know the snare
Yet still I crawl, yet still I stare

It does not see, it does not feel
It is the wound that will not heal
A mouth that births the stars anew
And I am nothing passing through

It does not see, it does not feel
It is the wound that will not heal
A mouth that births the stars anew
And I am nothing passing through

Lantern in the void, it beckons near
A maw beyond the edge of fear
I see the lure, I know the snare
Yet still I crawl...

Lantern in the void, it beckons near
A maw beyond the edge of fear
I see the lure, I know the snare
And still I go, still I despair

Lantern in the Void

Lyrics:

I’m scared to tell you, I want this to end
What you might do, a wound that won’t mend
What you might say, could be the one
The final thing that makes me done.

I want to reach, to grasp your hand
What you might say, I cannot stand
To end the doubt, to give certainty
That in your heart, there’s no love for me

These feelings within, break me again and again
I can’t stand any more, I want them to end
It calls to me, my friend the blade
And telling you this, the last mistake to be made

The child within wants to run to your arms,
This power of yours, the greatest of harms
I’ve given everything from this empty well
This way I’ve lived, my personal hell

Hold me close, tell me it’s alright
That alone could make me face this fight
But then I must tell you, my greatest of fears
That you’ll lose the message, my voice crushed by tears

These feelings within, break me again and again
I can’t stand any more, I want them to end
It calls to me, my friend the blade
And telling you this, the last mistake to be made

Hold me close, tell me it’s alright
That alone could make me face this fight
But then I must tell you, my greatest of fears
That you’ll lose the message, my voice crushed by tears

These feelings within, break me again and again
I can’t stand any more, I want them to end
It calls to me, my friend the blade
And telling you this, the last mistake to be made

Don’t let me fall…

Please… stay.


Confession

Hi, I'm Atlas!  I consider myself a lyricist.  I'm constantly caught daydreaming about sci-fi.  I have a wide variety of experience in various subjects.  Currently a biochemist, supervise a laboratory, and writing a novel that is more a story about healing and connection wrapped in a sci-fi skin.

I am leading my profile with full transparency.  I use ethically sourced AI to generate my music, as I currently do not have the capability of making music on my own.  I touch the music up in Reason 5.  If you like my (non-AI) lyrics and want to cooperate, please hit me up!

What is ethically-sourced AI?  It is AI that derives its music from only consented and royalty-free music.  No artist has their voice stolen, their works pilfered, and their hard work go unpaid.  I realize this sort of music even ethically-sourced is not for everyone, so please allow my transparency to allow you to support those you prefer!  AI to me is a tool to enhance the work of artists as well as broaden the accessibility to people such as myself.

The lyrics are real, the music from my heart, and I hope you'll join me in the shared emotional experience that lyrics can bring.  Music for me is catharsis and I'm not looking to hit it big.  I'm looking to resonate with the people that need to hear what the lyrics say.

Clockwork Butterfly

Atlas I.