[Intro, Dark piano, distant choir]
Ah… ah…
Shadows breathing in the hall
Every memory starts to fall
[Verse 1, Low guitars enter]
I built a cathedral out of your silence
Praying to a ghost in your eyes
Years of chasing the echo
Of a love that never replied
I wore devotion like a wound
Hidden underneath my skin
Every step I took was toward you
But you never let me in
[Pre-Chorus, Drums building]
All the signs were carved in stone
But I refused to stand alone
[Chorus, Heavy guitars explode]
Wake me from the lie
I've been living in your shadow all this time
I was reaching for a light
That was never burning in your eyes
Now the truth is cold and bright
Like thunder breaking through the night
All the years I gave away
To a dream that couldn't stay
[Verse 2, Chugging guitars]
The mirrors whisper unfamiliar stories
Of the girl I used to be
Someone lost inside devotion
Someone begging just to be seen
Every memory rearranging
Like a house of falling glass
All the love I thought we carried
Was a ghost I couldn't grasp
[Pre-Chorus, Rising tension]
Every prayer I said for you
Was a prayer you never knew
[Chorus, Bigger, double drums]
Wake me from the lie
I've been living in your shadow all this time
I was reaching for a light
That was never burning in your eyes
Now the truth is cold and bright
Like thunder breaking through the night
All the years I gave away
To a dream that couldn't stay
[Bridge, Quiet piano then explosion]
Where was I
While I was loving you
Did my heart
Disappear into you
I was screaming in the silence
While you never heard my name
I was fading like a candle
In an endless falling rain
[Breakdown, Heavy guitars and choir]
All the love I gave away
All the nights I knelt to pray
To a ghost that never stayed
To a heart that never came
[Final Chorus, Epic metal]
Wake me from the lie
Let the darkness finally open up my eyes
I was drowning in a life
Built around your empty skies
Now the silence tells the truth
There was never me and you
All the years I gave away
But I'm waking up today
[Outro, Piano fading, distant choir]
Ah… ah…
The dream is finally gone
Ah… ah…
And now I find myself all alone
[End]
