Hillary Step

Verse 1: In the realm where gods dare tread, high above the mortal plane, Where ice and rock in silent dread, etch their legacy of pain, A shadowed path to glory's peak, a treacherous ascent, Where whispers of the winds shall speak of souls long spent. Chorus: A final trial, the gate to the sky, Where mortal dreams ascend to die, On the precipice of doom and grace, In the frozen maw of time and space. Verse 2: Echoes of the fallen cling to jagged cliffs of stone, A haunting dirge the mountains sing for those who climbed alone, Through the veil of frost and fear, the summit calls their name, Yet in the icy grasp, they hear the price of fleeting fame. Bridge: (Whispered) Beyond the reach of mortal sight, Where day surrenders to eternal night, A bastion of despair stands proud, Veiled in death's cold shroud. Chorus: A final trial, the gate to the sky, Where mortal dreams ascend to die, On the precipice of doom and grace, In the frozen maw of time and space. Verse 3: With trembling hands and frozen breath, the climbers face their fate, Upon the edge of life and death, where hope and fear conflate, The ghostly forms of those before, their eyes of hollow night, Gaze upon the desperate souls, in their harrowing plight. Interlude: (Instrumental with haunting melodies, foreboding tones, and atmospheric sounds) Verse 4: A dance with death on icy ledge, where few have dared to tread, The void below, a solemn pledge, to claim the misled, In this cathedral of the damned, where silence reigns supreme, The echoes of the lost are damned to drift in endless dream. Chorus: A final trial, the gate to the sky, Where mortal dreams ascend to die, On the precipice of doom and grace, In the frozen maw of time and space. Verse 5: The stars above, indifferent eyes, watch the struggle below, As brave souls climb and meet demise, their stories in the snow, A monument of ice and stone, a sentinel of strife, Guarding secrets never known, the cusp of mortal life. Outro: (Soft, eerie instrumental fade-out with whispers) In the realm where gods dare tread, high above the mortal plane, Where ice and rock in silent dread, etch their legacy of pain, A shadowed path to glory's peak, a treacherous ascent, Where whispers of the winds shall speak of souls long spent. (Slow fade into silence) n the frozen maw of time and space. Verse 5: The stars above, indifferent eyes, watch the struggle below, As brave souls climb and meet demise, their stories in the snow, A monument of ice and stone, a sentinel of strife, Guarding secrets never known, the cusp of mortal life. Outro: (Soft, eerie instrumental fade-out with whispers) In the realm where gods dare tread, high above the mortal plane, Where ice and rock in silent dread, etch their legacy of pain, A shadowed path to glory's peak, a treacherous ascent, Where whispers of the winds shall speak of souls long spent. [ENDING] (Slow fade into silence)