Ashes in the rain

(Intro — Ambient swell, distant thunder, rising synth pad)

(Soft, breathy vocal hum — layered and delayed)

“Mmm… ahh… mmh… ohh…”

(Low heartbeat kick fades in)

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I still set your place at the table

Like you’ll walk through that door again

(Ghostly breath: “Again…”)

I count the cracks in the silence

Like footsteps I’ll never hear again

*(Vocal chop echo: “Never, never…”)

*(Melancholy reverb tail: “ahh—”)

Your sweater still hangs on the old porch rail

Soaked through from the storm last night

*(Ambient vocal swell: “Ohh—night…”)

I can’t bring myself to take it in

It still smells like your goodbye

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They say time heals everything

*(Faint processed whisper: “Everything…”)

But they never watched you fade

I scream into your empty room

*(Pitch-shifted echo: “Room… room…”)

And beg the walls to stay

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(Layered vocal harmonies rise, like a synth pad built from breath)

And I’m still dancing with your shadow

In the kitchen light at 2am

*(Breath vocal: “Ah—ah—2am…”)

I say your name into the mirror

Like it’ll bring you back again

*(Vocal drop: Pitch-manipulated whisper “Bring you back…”)

But echoes don’t hold anyone

And memories don’t explain

Why the world keeps turning

*(Deep distorted vocal: “Turning…”)

While I’m ashes in the rain

(Ambient break: Vocal loop “Ohh—mm—ahh…” processed with delay + filter sweep)

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I wear your ring on a chain around my neck

It’s heavier than it seems

(Sigh FX + glitch vocal texture)

Some nights I dream you’re calling me

And I wake up mid-scream

*(Stuttered vocal clip: “Calling… calling…”)

The house has grown too quiet

Even the floors forget your weight

*(Distant pitched-down vocal: “Your weight…”)

I hold my breath when I pass your room

Like silence can seal fate

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They tell me to keep living

But they don’t know what that means

When every breath just feels like theft

*(Echo loop of “Theft… theft… breath…”)

Of a life that should’ve been

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(Build up: heavy reverb and layered soft harmonies, rising into drop)

And I’m still dancing with your shadow

In the kitchen light at 2am

(Vocoded “Shadow… shadow…” in background)

I say your name into the mirror

Like it’ll bring you back again

But echoes don’t hold anyone

And memories don’t explain

Why the world keeps turning

While I’m ashes in the rain

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[Bridge](Instrumental-heavy with chopped vocals)

*(Glitchy vocal loops: “Love you… you… you…” / “Mmm… mm—ohh—”)

I keep your letters in the drawer

Each word a blade, each “love you” sore

And every promise that we made

Feels like glass I walk on every day

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[Final Chorus](Drop returns with full emotion and layered harmonies)

And I’m still dancing with your shadow

(Chopped breath: “Shadow… ohh…”)

In the kitchen light at 2am

I say your name like it’s a prayer

To a god who won’t forgive my sin

But echoes don’t hold anyone

And grief won’t ease the pain

The world just keeps on turning

While I’m ashes in the rain

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[Outro](Long fade with processed vocal loop echoing)