Return to the Abyss / Male Reader x Made In Abyss

[S0] - Wait... music?

Hey guys! Sorry for the long wait for another chapter, been busy with my other stories as well as Uni work (don't worry, semester is about to finish, so some chapters should be coming soon ;) )

Anyways, I've been playing with some music sites for a bit in my off time (AI is kinda weird to use), and I've actually written a song. YES, you've heard me right, a SONG.

Now, I KNOW what you're thinking: "AI MUSIC IS TRASH". Which is true, HOWEVER, I have ONLY used AI to sing the song, while I have written and tweaked the lyrics and music. For some context, I spent a good hour at my desk listening, reworking lyrics etc, and when I listened to the finished product for the first time, I was genuinely surprised at how good (at least to me) it turned out!

Specifically, I wrote it with the idea that Y/N was singing it (no shocker there) towards the end of [S0]. Now he isn't canonically singing it (THIS ISN'T STEVEN UNIVERSE LOL), but I am basically using this as practice for my 'Green and Gold' story, as I have a few musical numbers planned for that story.

Anyways, below are two seperate video's. They are the same song, same lyrics etc, however they have a different voice as well as beat / music. The song is called "Beneath the Abyss".

[Version 1] -

* I feel this version shows Y/N's more 'raw' / emotional side

[Version 2] -

* I feel this version shows Y/N more 'robotic' / repressed side

I honestly cannot figure out which one is my favourite, but anyways, enjoy lol!!!

LYRICS:

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In the silence, shadows crawl,

Whispers of a world below.

I walk the edge, I feel it all,

But no one sees the scars I show.

Once a light, now dimmed and cold,

Dreams of rising, lost to time.

Through the void, through the fold,

I'm a ghost, waiting for a sign.

And I fall, I fall—

Through the depths of everything I've known.

Chasing echoes in the dark,

All alone, so far from home.

But I won't break, I won't bend,

In this cage I call my skin,

I fight the memories again.

They called me fierce, they called me strong,

But they don't know the wars I've lost.

I bear the weight, I carry on,

A heart that's frozen in the frost.

I've seen the depths, I've felt the fall,

I've buried love beneath the stone.

The price I paid, the blood, the call,

The silence tells me I'm alone.

And I fall, I fall—

Through the depths of everything I've known.

Chasing echoes in the dark,

All alone, so far from home.

But I won't break, I won't bend,

In this cage I call my skin,

I fight the memories again.

Her voice still lingers in the Abyss,

Like shattered glass beneath my feet.

Her face, a memory I miss,

But even ghosts fade, incomplete.

And I fall, I fall—

Through the depths of everything I've known.

Chasing echoes in the dark,

All alone, so far from home.

But I won't break, I won't bend,

In this cage I call my skin,

I'll fight the shadows till the end.

I fight the memories again...

Beneath the Abyss,

Where it all begins.

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