[Verse 1 — distant, reflective]
I still hear you in the quiet
In the spaces we never filled
Like a song that fades too slowly
But I never learned to kill
Every room still knows your footsteps
Every wall remembers us
Even when I’m standing forward
I’m still haunted by the hush
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[Pre-Chorus — acceptance]
I don’t reach for you anymore
But I don’t push you away
Some things don’t need to be held
To stay
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[Chorus — the echo]
These are the echoes of us
Not loud enough to hurt
Just soft enough to stay
When everything else turns to dust
These are the echoes of us
Still humming in my chest
I don’t need you to come back
To know we were real at our best
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[Verse 2 — memory without pain]
I see you in familiar light
In the way the shadows fall
Not as someone I belong to
Just a feeling I recall
We were never meant forever
But we burned the way we did
And I don’t regret the fire
Or the truth it pulled me in
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[Pre-Chorus 2 — clarity]
I don’t miss the way it broke me
I don’t miss the nights I bled
But I keep the way you knew me
When I hadn’t found myself yet
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[Chorus 2 — fuller, but still soft]
These are the echoes of us
Not sharp enough to scar
Just a trace inside the dark
Of who we were, not who we are
These are the echoes of us
A language we once spoke
I don’t need to relive the past
To honor what we wrote
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[Bridge — spoken / breath-level]
Some loves don’t leave scars
They leave fingerprints
On the person you became
After they’re gone
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[Final Chorus — release]
These are the echoes of us
And I finally understand
Some things aren’t meant to last
But they still change who you are
These are the echoes of us
Fading soft and slow
I don’t need to hold you now
To let you go
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[Outro — end credits]
If I ever hear you again
It’ll be in the quiet
Where love doesn’t ask
To stay.
SabrinaBurke
