The Echo You Left Me

(static fades in — faint reverb hum, heartbeat kick)

I still taste the static in the air,

your ghost sits heavy in the chair.

Every word we didn’t say

hums between the night and day.

You fade in every mirror,

I reach and you get clearer—

the closer I get, the less you stay.

If this is all that’s left of you,

then let the silence sound like truth.

I still hear you when I breathe,

you’re the echo you left me.

I count the lights along the street,

each one blinks the way we used to speak.

Every promise still on loop,

like vinyl stuck in what we knew.

Lead: Say it again, say it again, I swear I can stand the pain.

Echo: (say it again...) you never stay...

Lead: Say it again, say it again, I crumble completely when you say my name.

Echo: (fade away...) still in my veins...

If the end means I’m beside your flame,

I’ll whisper your name until nothing remains.

Every word burns through my skin,

but I’d do it again, I’d do it again.

You’re the echo that won’t leave me,

won’t leave me, won’t leave me...

(atmospheric, reverb-heavy solo reminiscent of 505)

Static in the air,

chair’s still empty there.

I still breathe you.