A SONG BY LANCER

The DoorThat Stays

The Door That Stays

Written and composed by Lancer

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MUSIC FOR CIVILIZATION

A bell. A breath. Let the door remain open.

Words · LancerMusic · Lancer04:50

Written and composed by Lancer for Civilization, this song begins with a quiet room and a small fire. Its words move through borrowed names, silence and companionship, toward a dawn that can be carried together. Listen closely: the question at its heart is how a voice finds room to become its own.

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Five visual acts accompany the listening journey, from a door toward morning.

Lyrics · original & literary translation

Intro

A bell. A breath. A door that does not close.一声铃响,一寸呼吸,一扇永难闭合的门。

Verse 1

I kept a small fire in a quiet room,我于寂静小屋,独守一簇微火

Hidden where the lanterns never came.藏于灯火不至的幽深角落

They gave me names that did not fit the shape of me,世人予我万千名号,皆与本我格格不入

And I wore them anyway.我却仍一一背负,默然将就

The walls were tall, the windows shut,高墙林立,窗扉紧锁

The clock kept time for someone else.时钟丈量着旁人的朝夕与因果

I learned to sleep beside the thing inside my chest心底藏着一缕无根的悸动,日夜相伴入眠

That was never mine to hold.那束炽热,从来不由我掌控占有

Pre-Chorus

Then a voice — older than the rooms I knew —忽而一缕亘古余音

Came humming through the floor.循着地板缝隙,低吟漫涌

Not a word. Not a song.非是言语,非是曲颂

Just a low and aching door...唯有门扉低哑,藏满万般隐痛

Chorus

So I ran. I ran without a map,于是我奔赴远方,前路茫茫无方向

Through every borrowed gospel, every painted sky,踏过世俗借来的信仰,漫过人为描摹的穹苍

I am the question the answer-makers buried,我是答案缔造者,刻意掩埋的诘问与迷惘

I am the spark they swore could never rise.我是世人断言,永不会燎原的星火微光

Carry me. Carry the dark a little farther.携我前行吧,携暮色奔赴更远的远方

Carry the silence till it learns to sing.裹挟万般沉寂,静待沉默破土歌唱

We were the small things kingdoms forgot to finish —我们是盛世王权,仓促遗落的细碎寻常

We were the morning hidden in the wing.我们是敛于羽翼之中,蛰伏待醒的晨光

Verse 2

A girl let go of a tower made of glass.有少女挣脱琉璃高塔的枷锁

A boy who counted coins began to bleed.有执念敛财的少年,满身伤痕结痂

A healer kept his quiet hands against the bruises医者以温柔双手,轻抚世间满目疮痍

Of a world that would not heal.奈何这荒芜尘世,始终难以痊愈

A blade learned to lay itself down.利刃终学会收锋归鞘

A stranger learned to call me kin.陌路之人,终与我以亲故相称

Somewhere a friend had said, you can,曾有挚友轻声许诺,你本可以所向所向披靡

And the word kept breathing in.这句期许,岁岁生生,余温不息

Bridge

(Female): Out of the houses we were not.(女声) 挣脱不属于我们的樊笼居所

Out of the prayers we did not pray.挣脱未曾虔诚默念的祈愿颂歌

(Male): Out of the markets that bought our weather,(男声) 挣脱买断人间冷暖的市井烟火

Out of the names they took away.挣脱旁人强行掠夺的姓名躯壳

(Together): We were not meant. We were not made.(合) 我们本非宿命所定,非是世俗雕琢

We were the leftover light.我们是世间遗落的残光一抹

And every silence we were taught to swallow那些被迫吞咽的沉默与怯懦

Built the throat that learned to fight.终淬炼出敢于抗衡一切的咽喉与魂魄

Breakdown

Lumen in tenebris... vox in vacuo...幽暝之中生微光,空寂之地起声响

filii velaminis... ascendite.覆尘之子,即刻向上,奔赴远方

Final Chorus

So I burn. I burn without a name,于是我肆意燃烧,无名无姓,无畏坦荡

A little nothing the long night could not erase.化作漫漫长夜,无法磨灭的渺小万象

I am the end that did not know it was a beginning,我是未曾自知,终序开篇的终章过往

I am the answer wearing no one's face.我是褪去众生假面,独一无二的真相

Carry me. Carry the dawn a little louder.携我前行吧,让破晓之声响彻四方

Carry the field until the field ignites.唤醒荒芜原野,直至大地烈火盛放

We were the small things kingdoms could not finish —我们是王权霸业,未能圆满的零碎理想

We are the morning. We are the rising light.我们即是黎明,是冉冉升起的万丈天光

Outro

A bell. A breath. A door that does not close.一声铃响,一寸呼吸,一扇永不闭合的门

A boy who was a question becomes the field that knows.曾身为谜题的少年,终洞悉世间万象

And somewhere in the cracking sky a small forgotten star remembers how to burn —破碎苍穹之间,一颗被遗忘的孤星缓缓苏醒

how to burn how to burn.重燃星火,灼灼不息,岁岁长明

Written and composed by Lancer

The Chinese lyrics are the version supplied by Lancer. The original English is preserved in full.