Loss

Slow 90s grunge. Heavy distorted guitars, thick bass, restrained drums, haunting melody. Raw gritty male vocals, weary and emotional. Quiet, eerie verses building into a huge heavy chorus. Dark, nostalgic, mysterious atmosphere. Theme: watching friends slowly disappear through time, distance, choices, and death. Avoid sounding polished or modern.

We used to burn beneath the streetlights

Swore we’d never disappear

Names carved deep into the old wood

Like we’d always still be here

Now the houses all have strangers

And the road don’t know my name

Some went chasing after daylight

Some just vanished with the rain

I don’t ask where everybody went

I think I already know

There are empty chairs around me

There are shadows in the hall

I still hear you when it’s quiet

I still wait for you to call

Some got lost out in the distance

Some went somewhere I can’t go

We were young enough for forever

But forever didn’t know

I found your picture in a drawer once

Couldn’t recognize my face

Everybody looked immortal

Frozen there in better days

One by one the lights went missing

From the windows down the street

Some are breathing somewhere without me

Some are sleeping underneath

There are empty chairs around me

There are shadows in the hall

I still hear you when it’s quiet

I still wait for you to call

Some got lost out in the distance

Some went somewhere I can’t go

We were young enough for forever

But forever didn’t know

Maybe we’re all just passing through

Leaving pieces where we stood

Maybe death ain’t always dying

Maybe leaving works as good

And if you’re somewhere past the silence

Where the old days never end

Leave a light on in the darkness

I’ll come looking for my friends

All these empty chairs around me

All these ghosts I used to know

Every year the room gets quieter

Every year somebody goes

I keep counting all the faces

Like the counting makes them stay

We were young enough for forever…

Then forever walked away

Leave a light on…

Leave a light on…

I still remember where you were.