[Verse 1 — melodic, vulnerable]
I traced a promise on your lips,
Swore I’d never disappear.
But gravity keeps pulling me
Toward the things I always fear.
And every time I try to rise,
I slip through hands that reached too far—
Yeah, I’m falling fast and breaking
Like a dying shooting star.
[Pre-Chorus — soft build]
You said it’s beautiful to watch me glow,
But you never see the crash below.
[Chorus — soaring, emotional]
’Cause I fall down like shooting stars,
Lighting up the sky just to shatter apart.
I don’t mean to leave these scars,
But I was never meant to land in your arms.
Yeah, I fall down—
Burn bright, fade out—
Just a wish that never gets found.
[Verse 2 — grittier, Jutes-style confessional]
I’m stitched together with mistakes
And all the secrets that I keep.
I’m a landslide when I’m sober,
I’m a nightmare in my sleep.
You try to hold me when I shake,
But I’ve been wired to fall apart—
So don’t be shocked if I go silent
When you’re reaching for my heart.
[Pre-Chorus — rising tension]
I know you want me just the way I am,
But broken things don’t ever stay in hand.
[Chorus — bigger, heavier]
’Cause I fall down like shooting stars,
Lighting up the sky just to shatter apart.
I don’t mean to leave these scars,
But I was never meant to land in your arms.
Yeah, I fall down—
Burn bright, fade out—
Just a wish that never gets found.
[Bridge — atmospheric, whispered intensity]
Maybe I was made to crash,
Made to break with every clash.
If I leave a little light behind,
At least you’ll know I tried—
Even stars run out of time.
[Final Chorus — emotional peak]
I fall down like shooting stars,
Lighting up the sky just to shatter apart.
And if I leave you with these scars,
Just know you held me when I fell too hard.
Yeah, I fall down—
Burn bright, fade out—
But you’re the one thing I’d circle back around.
[Outro — fading]
I was falling…
Still falling…
But you made it look like flying for a while….
I WAS FALLING!
STILL FALLING!
BUT YOU MADE IT LOOK!
LIKE FLYING FOR A WHILE!
[Instrumental Outro — soft spark → massive swell → crashing finale → glowing fade]
[clean ambient guitars shimmer in wide reverb, panning left to right like drifting embers]
[a low, throbbing synth bass begins to pulse underneath, heartbeat-slow but growing ominous]
[swelling orchestral pads rise behind it — violins holding long, trembling notes, cellos rumbling in the depths]
[the drums enter slowly:
• toms rolling like distant thunder
• cymbals swelling in long, metallic waves
• a deep kick hitting like falling debris]
[distorted guitars begin a slow, bending ascent — a single note choking and widening into a massive wall of sound]
[the melody climbs, then breaks into a heavy riff:
• chugging low-end
• palm-muted growl
• reverb-soaked harmonics splitting through the noise]
[an orchestral choir hums behind the guitars, adding a ghostly, cinematic lift]
[string stabs hit in sync with the drums — sharp, dramatic, like the sky cracking open]
Atlantica
