[Style: Indie Rap / Cinematic Folk Hip-Hop]
[Tempo: ~96 BPM]
[Key: E Minor]
[Mood: Reflective → Defiant]
[Production ideas]
• [Driving acoustic guitar rhythm]
• [Punchy kick + snare]
• [Sub bass]
• [Faint violin swells in chorus]
• [Gang vocals in final hook]
[Intro (guitar + light drums)]
Funny thing about changing…
People love the old version of you.
The new one?
Not so much.
[Verse 1]
Where did everyone go when the road got steep?
Same ones cheering when the climb was cheap.
Used to fill the room when the lights were bright,
Now the silence louder every night.
Guess growth makes people uncomfortable,
Truth starts sounding confrontational.
You change direction, find a different tone…
Suddenly you’re walking alone.
[Pre-Chorus]
But the forest gets quiet when you climb too high…
Not many people reach the sky.
[Chorus]
Where did everyone go?
Used to see them down the road.
Now it’s just me in the smoke and the cold…
Walking this trail alone.
Where did everyone go?
Maybe they stayed down below.
When you grow past the life that you know…
You walk your path alone.
[Verse 2]
I hear the music and it all feels hollow,
Same old words everybody wanna follow.
Same tired beats, same recycled flow…
Tell me where the real ones go.
Everybody screaming they the greatest alive,
But half these songs barely survive.
Not saying I’m perfect, I know my flaws…
But at least I’m honest in the songs I draw.
[Pre-Chorus]
Truth sounds loud when the room goes still…
Most people run from what is real.
[Chorus]
Where did everyone go?
Used to see them down the road.
Now it’s just me in the smoke and the cold…
Walking this trail alone.
Where did everyone go?
Maybe they stayed down below.
When you grow past the life that you know…
You walk your path alone.
[Bridge (piano + strings)]
Maybe the silence isn’t punishment.
Maybe it’s space.
Space to build something better.
[Final Chorus (bigger lift)]
Where did everyone go?
Guess I’m climbing solo.
If the trail gets lonely on the road…
Then I’ll make the climb alone.
Where did everyone go?
Maybe they never grew.
If the view gets clearer up above…
I’ll keep chasing truth.
ELIROBB
