Crimson Crescent - Mirage of Salvation

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The road bends under the heat
Like it’s breathing, like it’s alive
We follow the shine on the ground
Because stopping means we die

The sky paints water in air
Just enough to pull us on
Every step feels closer to truth
Every step is wrong

PRE-CHORUS:
Eyes locked forward
Hands reach out
Hope looks solid
Until it burns out

CHORUS:
We chase what fades when we get near
Drink the dust, ignore the fear
Every promise breaks on sight
In this endless, blinding light

We were never meant to be saved
Just kept alive another day
Carried on by borrowed faith
That slips away

VERSE:
Voices rise from the glare
Sound like shelter, sound like rest
But the sun strips lies to bone
And leaves us with what’s left

Skin cracks, lungs scream dry
Still we move, still we stand
If there’s mercy in this place
It’s not for man

PRE-CHORUS:
The closer it looks
The less it’s there
Truth hits hardest
When hope disappears

CHORUS:
We chase what fades when we get near
Drink the dust, ignore the fear
Every vision rots away
In the endless light of day

We were never meant to be saved
Just fed a shape to ease the pain
Another mirage of salvation
Burned away

BRIDGE:
Nothing waiting
Nothing pure
No reward
No cure

Let it fade
Let it go
See it clear
Face the road

CHORUS:
No signs left to guide our steps
No relief, no second chance
If we make it through this land
It’s by will, not by hands

OUTRO:
The lie is gone
The march remains
No promise ahead
Only weight and ruin