The Depths

Verse 1]

The echoes in the room are all I hear

Represent the absence of people making sound

Just my voice, me alone, facing every fear

This isn't where I'm supposed to be found

I'm the one going down

Chorus

(Music swells slightly, adding a slow, soft drum beat or strings)

And I will soon be gone, then they'll arrive

A lifetime much too late, too late to keep me here alive

They'll only see my shadow as I walk away

Halt to peer over my shoulder, no time left to stay

Before I'm dragged abruptly down, into the black unknown

Verse 2

(Music remains soft and emotional)

I open up my mouth, trying hard to scream

And hear the echoes of voices I don't recognize

It feels just like a broken, fading dream

Not the sound of my own voice, just a cruel surprise

Looking up with tired eyes

Chorus

(Music swells again, full emotion)

And I will soon be gone, then they'll arrive

A lifetime much too late, too late to keep me here alive

They'll only see my shadow as I walk away

Halt to peer over my shoulder, no time left to stay

Before I'm dragged abruptly down, into the black unknown

Bridge

(Music slows even further, very sparse arrangement, focus on vulnerable vocals)

I glance up from the depths of the hole I dug

To see the silhouettes of bridges I have burned

Again I try to speak, denied the final hug

Only echoes now, lessons never learned

Saying goodbye, they're fading fast away

Chorus

(Full arrangement, powerful delivery, maximum emotion)

I am soon to be gone, then they'll arrive

A lifetime much too late, too late to keep me here alive

They'll only see my shadow as I walk away

Halt to peer over my shoulder, no time left to stay

Before I'm dragged abruptly down, into the black unknown

Outro

(Music fades slowly back to the original piano melody)

The echoes start to fade,

The silence starts to break,

A new melody begins,

A future to embrace...

(Piano fades out on the final chord)