(Intro — moody guitar / vinyl crackle)
Some people become memories…
Before you even realize they’re gone.
(Verse 1)
Blue neon bleeding through the rain
Taxi lights and midnight trains
You laughed with your head leaned back
Like nothing in the world could crack
Cheap perfume and cigarette haze
Lost inside those younger days
Every rooftop, every bar
Still keeps pieces of who we are
(Pre-Chorus)
But time moves slow for broken souls
And fast for hearts we never hold
(Chorus)
We’re just silhouettes in the smoke
Fading slow with every note
Ghosts beneath the city glow
Trying not to let go
Every song still sounds like you
Every skyline pulls me through
And somewhere in the afterglow
We still dance inside the smoke
(Verse 2)
Old voicemails I never erased
Late-night drives with nowhere to stay
We swore we’d never disappear
Now your voice feels miles from here
Everybody leaves somehow
Either fast or little by little now
But memories hit like thunder still
Long after the world stands still
(Pre-Chorus)
Funny how the quiet nights
Bring old shadows back to life
(Chorus)
We’re just silhouettes in the smoke
Fading slow with every note
Ghosts beneath the city glow
Trying not to let go
Every scar still speaks your name
Like a fire I can’t contain
And somewhere in the afterglow
We still live inside the smoke
(Bridge — emotional clean section)
Maybe nothing really lasts
Maybe that’s what makes it beautiful
A moment burning bright enough
To haunt you forever
(Breakdown — slow and crushing)
I STILL SEE YOUR SHADOW
IN EVERY CROWD
I STILL HEAR YOUR LAUGHTER
WHEN THE MUSIC GETS LOUD
(Final Chorus)
We’re just silhouettes in the smoke
Fragments of the people we know
But even if the lights all fade
Some ghosts never walk away
Now the city hums below
And I watch the headlights glow
Knowing somewhere out there still
A part of us survives the smoke
(Outro — fading guitar / rain ambience)
Silhouettes…
In the smoke…
Still there…
Somewhere.
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