*(haunted, catchy, tragic, breathy)*
**[Verse 1]**
I’ve been *walking in the quiet* —
quiet’s getting loud…
Shadows on my ribcage
tracing every doubt.
I say **“I’m fine,”** you hear **“I’m trying,”**
but the truth gets lost between.
I’m a flicker in a hallway,
you’re the ghost inside the scream.
**[Pre-Chorus – breathy, spaced]**
Hold—
hold me like I’m here…
but don’t—
don’t you *get too near…*
’cause I break
(I break)
I break
when I breathe.
**[Chorus – tragic but catchy]**
I’m hanging in the static,
caught between the panic
and the part of me that swears I’m doing *okay.*
But the world keeps running past me,
every shadow runs right through me,
and I swear I hear you call me by my **old name.**
(But maybe that was just the echo…
maybe that was just the echo…)
**[Verse 2]**
Paper-thin heartbeat,
folding on itself.
You say it’s getting better —
I can’t tell.
Your voice cracks like thunder,
mine falls like rain,
and we drown inside the difference
even saying the same thing.
**[Pre-Chorus – airy, layered whispers]**
Hold—
hold me like I’m real…
but don’t—
don’t you dare to feel…
I fade
(I fade)
I fade
when you see.
**[Chorus – bigger, more desperate]**
I’m hanging in the static,
caught between the panic
and the part of me that swears I’m trying to stay.
But the sky keeps closing over,
and the dark pulls me in closer,
and I swear I hear you calling me to **come home.**
(But maybe that was just the echo…
maybe that was just the echo…)
**[Bridge – whispered, off-beat]**
Run…
run…
run from me.
I’m the quiet you don’t want to meet.
Run…
run…
run from me.
I’m the ghost in the place you sleep.
**[Final Chorus – fractured phrasing]**
I’m hanging in the sta—tic,
falling through the pa—nic,
and I don’t know if I’m fading or awake.
But the world keeps pulling past me,
every heartbeat runs right through me,
and I swear you almost held me by my **real name—**
(but maybe that was just the echo…)
CharmedX
