What took you so long

🎵 Title: What took you so long A Fanmade Song written for Perlica from Arknights: Endfield Lyrics have parts of actual ingame text, i took them from the memorial scene from the Intro Mission, you find them in the Bridge. 🎼 Music Genre: Melancholic cinematic winter requiem Vocals: Female, Choir and Choir Backup Soundtrack Inspiration: Intro Sequence mission of Arknights Endfield. A song about loss, memory, and a long-awaited return. Enjoy =) Lyrics: [Intro] Run where the white winds follow. Run, no time to ask what waits behind us. The sky comes down in sheets of snow. Take my hand we have to go. [Verse 1] Through heavy rain and siren cries, someone falls, another fights. There is only staying alive. [Pre-Chorus] Keep moving. Don't look behind. One more step. One more breath. One more step. One more breath. I've seen this road once before. [Chorus] When the noise is gone, and nothing moves at all, I still remember who was there before the silence fell. Some promises grow quiet. Some never disappear. If you wake and find the world isn't what it used to be, you don't have to remember me. [Verse 2] We pulled the living from the remnants, and felt how quickly hands let go. There were names we couldn't carry, there were faces fading slow. What we couldn't save was buried somewhere underneath the snow. [Pre-Chorus] The world kept turning. So did I. I turned to you each time I passed by. Waiting in silence, watching for a sign hoping one day you'd open your eyes. [Chorus] When the noise is gone, and nothing moves at all, I still remember who was there before the silence fell. Some promises grow quiet. Some never disappear. If you wake and find the world isn't what it used to be, you don't have to remember me. [Bridge] These flowers are… a legacy. a tomb. a lonely soul never meant to bear such burdens. [Bridge Development] And still someone carried them. Someone stayed. Someone chose to keep what time could not erase. Not every name returns to us. Not every voice comes home. But even after all these years, you were never gone alone. [Final Chorus] Now all the noise is gone, and nothing moves at all. Only the things we carried. Only what remains. A promise buried under snow that somehow lived through all these days. You don't have to know the road. You don't have to know me yet. If the past won't come back whole, we can start with what is left. I kept a place beside me for the day you'd make it through. And if you cannot find the past, I'll still be here with you. [Outro] The snow keeps falling softly as you finally come home. I thought I'd have a thousand words now the longest night is gone. What took you so long? End =) Production: The original musical concept and Lyrics are created by me and the soundtrack is created with the assistance of Suno AI. The generated material was further developed, edited and produced by me, including: • Arrangement and additional production • Mixing • Mastering • Instrument and structure adjustments Final audio production was completed in FL Studio. 🎬 Video Video production and editing were completed in DaVinci Resolve. [Optional: Artwork / thumbnail created or edited by me with the assistance of AI tools.] © Usage & Copyright © [2026] [Evernight/Evernight1312] The original arrangement, production, mix, master, video edit and other original creative elements of this release are my work unless otherwise stated. Please do not reupload, redistribute, copy, or use this soundtrack or video as your own work without my permission. If you would like to use the music in a video, project, stream, or other work, please contact me first. Characters, names, settings, trademarks and other intellectual property belonging to third-party games or franchises remain the property of their respective copyright holders. This is an unofficial fan-made work and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the original creators or publishers. #arknightsendfield #perlica #fanmade #cinematic #requiem #melancholy #melancholicmusic