Afterimage

[Intro]
(soft, distant synths or reversed echoes)
Fading... fading... not here anymore
[Verse 1]
I stare at the screen, but the pixels don't bite
Colors bleed out, lost in the white noise of night
Hands on the glass, but they pass right through
The person who answered doesn't look like you
I walk through the streets like a ghost in repeat
Voices bounce back, but none of them meet
Memories glitch, they stutter and freeze
I'm chasing a shadow that used to be me
[Pre-Chorus]
Everything's quiet, but the silence screams
I'm drowning in nothing, tearing at seams
[Chorus]
I'm a hollow void, just an afterimage now
Not the original, just the ghost somehow
Lost touch with reality, can't feel the ground
Echo of someone who can't be found
Hollow void... afterimage... fading out
[Verse 2]
Conversations replay like corrupted files
Smiles feel scripted, been running for miles
The mirror shows someone I used to know
But the eyes are empty, the fire won't glow
I reach for connection, fingers dissolve
Into static and vapor, problems unsolved
Reality slipped while I wasn't looking
Left me behind like a program that's cooking
[Pre-Chorus]
Heartbeat's a sample on infinite loop
No warmth, no pain, just a digital bruise
[Chorus]
I'm a hollow void, just an afterimage now
Not the original, just the ghost somehow
Lost touch with reality, can't feel the ground
Echo of someone who can't be found
Hollow void... afterimage... burning down
[Bridge]
(slower, stripped back – maybe just vocals and sparse piano/echoes)
Who was I before the blur set in?
Before the edges softened, before the spin?
I scream my name, but it echoes thin
Dissolving again... dissolving...
[Final Chorus]
(build with layered vocals or distortion)
I'm a hollow void, only afterimage remains
Washed-out outline in permanent rain
No anchor, no gravity, drifting unchained
Lost to the nothing where feeling has waned
Hollow void... afterimage... gone
[Outro]
(fading echoes, reversing into silence)
Not me... not me... anymore...

dark ambient electronic, melancholic downtempo, ethereal post-rock