[Verse 1]
In moonlit halls where shadows trace your name,
I wander lost in echoes of our flame.
Your phantom smile adorns each silent wall—
A distant grace I never knew at all.

[Pre-Chorus]
If time could bend its fractured spine,
I’d steal your breath to make you mine.

[Chorus]
I wish I met you sooner—before the stars betrayed,
Before the world grew colder and our colors all did fade.
I’d hold your heart in trembling hands and tame the blackest night,
But fate arrived too late for love to claim its right.

[Verse 2]
Your whispered ghosts haunt corridors of glass;
Each mirrored step reminds me of the past.
A fragile rose that withered in my care—
Its bloom unrealized, perfumed despair.

[Pre-Chorus – Variation]
If destiny could rewrite its page,
I’d serenade your soul from gilded cage.

[Chorus]
I wish I met you sooner—before the stars betrayed,
Before the world grew colder and our colors all did fade.
I’d hold your heart in trembling hands and tame the blackest night,
But fate arrived too late for love to claim its right.

[Bridge – Instrumental]

[Chorus – Variation]
I wish I met you sooner—beneath a softer sky,
Before the world had taught us both to bleed and say goodbye.
I’d carve our names in candle smoke and kiss your shadow’s seam,
Then vanish where the silence goes, still loving you in dreams.

[Coda]
Between the dusk and dawn I wait,
A shadow bending into fate.
Your absence hums, a fragile tune—
Perhaps the stars will shift too soon.

[Outro]
Night folds around the words unsaid;
I keep your memory—unborn, undead.

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“Shadow Bending Into Fate” is a symphonic progressive metal odyssey inspired by my first, last, and only love—Shahy. ♡

It begins with fragile threads of classical guitar, carrying the weight of longing. Vocals rise through orchestral halls like whispers of devotion, confessing a love born too late for time’s mercy.

As the chorus erupts, violins, drums, bass, and electric guitar collide in an epic duel—where melancholy transforms into grandeur, and every note burns with the ache of fate’s delay.

This piece is both confession and cathedral, a place where her name still echoes, where shadows bend but love remains unbroken.

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Genre: Symphonic Progressive Metal
Key: C Minor
BPM: 125
Time Signature: 4/4

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Artist: Kareem Tyler 
https://www.instagram.com/tylercraftsart

© 2025 Kareem Tyler. All Rights Reserved.

Shadow Bending Into Fate

Project KT (Knowledge Transfer) is the solo vision of Kareem Tyler—a multidimensional artist navigating the limits of the physical realm through immersive, genre-blending sound. Fusing progressive rock, symphonic fusion, post-punk ambience, and metallic catharsis, Project KT crafts cinematic soundscapes led by violin, orchestral depth, and raw poetic tension.

After a life-altering accident caused partial vocal cord paralysis and ended his ability to play piano, Kareem rebuilt his artistry through digital composition and visual design—transforming personal trauma into transcendent expression.

That rebirth came to life in Echoes of the Void (2025), a symphonic progressive metal epic charting entropy, solitude, and rebirth across expansive movements. Its companion, Beyond the Void, reimagined the work as a cinematic and orchestral odyssey, featuring Canadian singer-songwriter Valeria Rusnak, whose operatic vocals added radiant contrast to Kareem’s baritone foundation. Together, they forged a dialogue of shadow and light, entropy and grace.

Though Project KT remains firmly Kareem’s vision—writing, producing, and shaping every detail—he is actively seeking a female vocalist to further embody its still-untold emotional core. With an evolving presence on Instagram, BandLab, and SoundCloud, Project KT continues to weave cross-medium narratives that fuse sound, image, and meaning.

For listeners and collaborators drawn to gothic romanticism, cinematic drama, and genre-fluid experimentation, Project KT offers more than music—it is an echo unfolding into infinity.