WOE TO US — Version 2

[VERSE 1 — MALE VOCAL]
(Deep, calm storytelling)

Woe to the people ruled by Zahhak.

A crown of poison on a silent throne.

We watched the wise grow poor…

and fools be called respected men.

Kindness was mistaken for weakness.

Truth learned to stay silent.


[VERSE 2 — MALE VOCAL]
(Dark, powerful storytelling)

Woe to the cook who once saved young lives,
but justice left his hands.

Woe to the lost Fereydun.

Woe to Kaveh…

Kaveh signed the oath…

while his last name still breathed.


[PRE-CHORUS — MALE VOCAL]
(Building tension)

His throne outlived justice.

Silence outlived courage.


[CHORUS — MALE + FEMALE VOCALS]
(Epic, emotional, powerful — not constant screaming)

Woe… to us…

We lost it all.

We built this fall.

We lose more.

Woe… to us…

Darkness knows our names.


[SECTION — MALE VOCAL]
(Low, painful, restrained anger)

I see it all… and I say nothing.

We all do.


[BRIDGE — FEMALE VOCAL]
(Emotional peak, sorrowful, haunting)

I don’t see heroes anymore…

Only silence pretending to be life.

We were not defeated…

We disappeared.

And I… I was part of it.


[EARTH MEMORY — FEMALE VOCAL]
(Soft, haunting, deeply emotional)

The earth remembers the names of fallen youth…

we forget what we had for lunch.


[CHORUS RETURN — MALE + FEMALE VOCALS]
(Building emotional intensity)

Woe… to us…


[SIGNATURE LINE — MALE VOCAL]
(Low, dark, dramatic)

The libraries are warm… because they're burning.


[MEMORY SECTION — FEMALE VOCAL]
(Quiet grief, emotional storytelling)

The earth remembers their names.

We forget before the dust settles.

Our daughters learn to disappear

before their names are spoken.


[FINAL LINE — MALE + FEMALE VOCALS]
(Huge emotional climax)

We didn't lose history… we became it.


[FINAL CHORUS — MALE + FEMALE VOCALS]
(Full power, emotional, controlled — not constant screaming)

Woe… to us…

We lost it all.

We buried truth.

We lost ourselves.

Woe… to us…

No one is coming.


[OUTRO — MALE VOCAL]
(Quiet, haunting)

This was written before we spoke.

Before we looked away.

Woe to us… all of us.

Even your ending was written, Nee-ray.