Fading Echoes

[Verse 1 – Boy Vocals] (warm plate reverb, center-left, gentle compression)

I still see your shadow in the hall

But the laughter doesn’t echo like it did at all

We talk, but it’s silence in disguise

And I’m chasing ghosts behind your tired eyes

[Verse 2 – Girl Vocals] (warm plate reverb, center-right, gentle compression)

I tried to hold on, but the colors fade

The words we whispered now feel like a charade

I don’t hate you, I don’t even blame

But we’re not the fire we used to claim

[Chorus – Both Vocals] (medium reverb, subtle slap delay, airy “oohs/ahhs” wide left-right)

And I feel you slipping

Like the tide pulls from the shore

We’re standing in the distance

But we’re not the same anymore

The love we had is fading echoes

I can hear it in the air we can’t restore

(Ooh… ahh… ooh… ahh…)

I remember nights we swore we’d never end

Now every kiss feels like a message we can’t send

I want to fight, but the fight’s gone cold

We’re stories of a warmth that we can’t hold

It hurts to let go, but it hurts to stay

We’re holding hands while walking away

I hope you’ll forgive the love that dies

And I’ll carry your face in my quiet goodbyes

And I feel you slipping

Like the tide pulls from the shore

We’re standing in the distance

But we’re not the same anymore

The love we had is fading echoes

I can hear it in the air we can’t restore

(Ooh… ahh… ooh… ahh…)

[Bridge – Both Vocals, soft then building] (medium-long reverb, airy oohs/ahhs wide, subtle volume swell)

Maybe someday we’ll meet in the light

Where our hearts are free, and wrong feels right

But tonight, it’s just the shadows we chase

And the silence grows in this empty space

(Ooh… ahh…)

[Guitar Solo – Electric, 30 sec] (clean → mild overdrive, medium reverb, dotted eighth delay, center with slight stereo wideners, sustain under solo)

• 0:00–0:10: Gentle melodic build (single-note bends, high strings)

• 0:10–0:20: Emotional climb (double stops, soft gain increase)

• 0:20–0:30: Soaring climax (wide bends, vibrato, slides, resolve to tonic)

(Ooh… ahh… sustain under solo)

[Final Chorus – Both Vocals] (big emotional power, medium reverb, airy “oohs/ahhs” wide, volume swell)

And I feel you slipping

Like the tide pulls from the shore

We’re standing in the distance

But we’re not the same anymore

The love we had is fading echoes

I can hear it in the air we can’t restore

Fading echoes… fading echoes…

(Ooh… ahh… ooh… ahh… fade out)