[INTRO - whisper]
Echoes
Echoes
Still hear them
Echoes
[VERSE 1 - calm rap 1 bar per line]
Funny how the things I try to forget
Become the things I carry in my head
Memories I wish I could leave behind
Keep showing up when I’m alone with my mind
Think about the roads I didn’t take
Words I never said choices I made
Wonder who I’d be if I started again
But life don’t reset it just is what it’s been
Used to hate myself for every mistake
Every scar just proof of what I couldn’t change
Now I see it clearer than I did before
You don’t become you without going through more
[PRE CHORUS - build]
And maybe that’s why
The echoes don’t fade
They’re not here to hurt me
Just show me the way
[CHORUS - MELODIC BASS DROP]
They’re just echoes now
Voices from a life I used to know
Still hear them when the world gets quiet
Still feel them when I’m on my own
They’re just echoes now
Lessons that I carry when I go
Some days they feel heavy on my shoulders
Some days they help me grow
[VERSE 2 - slightly faster flow]
I used to think mistakes define who you are
Like one wrong step could leave a scar
But everybody’s lost trying to find their place
Different roads same human race
Still mess up more than I’d like to admit
Still lose my grip still feel the hits
Still got nights where I question it all
Still learning how to stand when I fall
Growth ain’t perfect it’s messy and slow
It’s getting back up even when you don’t know
Looking in the mirror choosing to stay
Even when I don’t like who I am that day
[VERSE 3 - fast flow]
Miss the kid that I used to be
Back when life felt simple and free
No overthinking no losing sleep
No heavy thoughts buried too deep
Running around with a reckless grin
Never cared much about fitting in
Whole life ahead didn’t understand
How fast it slips right out your hands
Thought growing up would make things clear
Didn’t know I’d end up here
Now I’d give anything just to feel
That version of me that used to be real
Maybe he’s gone maybe he stayed
Living inside the choices I made
Helping me learn from every mistake
Trying to be better every day
[BRIDGE - piano only]
Maybe healing ain’t fixing it all
Maybe it’s learning how not to fall
Maybe peace ain’t forgetting the pain
Maybe it’s standing after the rain
Maybe mistakes don’t define my name
Maybe they’re part of the way I change
Between who I was and who I’ll be
There’s a version still learning me
[FINAL CHORUS - BIG DROP]
They’re just echoes now
Voices from a life I used to know
Still hear them when the world gets quiet
Still feel them when I’m on my own
They’re just echoes now
Lessons that I carry when I go
They don’t define the man I’m becoming
Just part of the road
[OUTRO - fade]
I still make mistakes
Probably always will
Every lesson every regret every turn
Helped shape what I feel
So I sit in the silence
No need to run
Slowly putting myself together again
Until I’m done
