Echoes in the Dark

(Intro – soft, spoken)

Yeah…

Sometimes the loudest battles

are the ones nobody sees.

Echoes… in the dark.

(Verse 1 – Rap)

I’ve been running from the shadows in my mind,

Tryna find a little light but it’s hard to define.

People see the smile, never see the decline—

They don’t see the storm underneath my spine.

Heart heavy like a note on a broken key,

Piano in my chest playin’ minor melodies.

Every step feels deep, like it’s pullin’ on me,

But I still keep movin’, even when I can’t breathe.

(Pre-Chorus – sung)

And I hide it so well, you’d never know,

All the quiet things I never show.

My voice gets lost before it starts—

Just echoes, echoes in the dark.

(Chorus – sung, emotional, piano chords)

Echoes in the dark,

Callin’ out but nobody hears my heart.

Tryna hold on while I fall apart—

Still I rise, even shattered, even scarred.

Echoes in the dark,

But I’ll fight ’til I can see the spark.

In the quiet, where the pain leaves marks—

I’m still here…

Through the echoes in the dark.

(Verse 2 – Rap)

I’ve been walkin’ through the nights with a heavy soul,

Feelin’ all the empty spaces I can’t control.

Got a fire deep inside, but it’s burnin’ low,

Tryna breathe through the weight that they’ll never know.

I’m a whisper in a world that’s too loud to feel,

Talkin’ with a voice I can barely reveal.

But I swear I’m climbin’, even when I kneel—

Pain may be real, but so is my will.

(Pre-Chorus – sung)

And I hide it so well, you just can’t see

All the silent wars that live in me.

My truth gets lost before it starts—

Just echoes, echoes in the dark.

(Chorus – sung)

Echoes in the dark,

Callin’ out but nobody hears my heart.

Tryna hold on while I fall apart—

Still I rise, even shattered, even scarred.

Echoes in the dark,

But I’ll fight ’til I can see the spark.

In the quiet, where the pain leaves marks—

I’m still here…

Through the echoes in the dark.

(Bridge – half-sung, half-spoken)

One day I’ll find a light that lasts,

A chord that breaks the sound of the past.

’Til then, in the dark, I’ll learn my part—

Turn these echoes

into art.

(Final Chorus – soft then powerful)

Echoes in the dark,

Still I rise though I fall apart.

Through the quiet, through every mark—

I’ll keep walkin’ toward the spark.

Echoes in the dark,

Fadin’ slow as I heal my heart.

I’m still here…

And I’m stronger than the dark.