

Prompt / Lyrics
**Verse 1** I’ve been tracing cracks in the ceiling Like constellations I used to believe in Every word you left on my tongue Tastes like smoke from a fire that’s done I kept your name in my chest like a warning Beat my heart just to feel something forming But resurrection feels like a sin When the ghost knows better than to let me in **Pre-Chorus** I tried to save what was killing me Called it love just to justify the bleed **Chorus** You’re an echo in the quiet now Still loud when the world shuts down I feel you most when I’m almost whole Then you fade like a shadow I can’t hold I’m learning how to breathe without The weight of you inside my mouth You’re not gone, you just don’t belong You’re the afterimage—I’m moving on **Verse 2** I dug too deep in the aftermath Turned regret into a well I couldn’t climb back from You wore my fear like a crown Taught me silence is how love sounds I kept forgiving like it was faith Kept bending just to keep you safe But every promise you couldn’t keep Left another scar under my skin, still asleep **Pre-Chorus** I called it hope, but it was decay A slow goodbye I couldn’t say **Chorus** You’re an echo in the quiet now Still loud when the world shuts down I feel you most when I’m almost whole Then you fade like a shadow I can’t hold I’m learning how to breathe without The weight of you inside my mouth You’re not gone, you just don’t belong You’re the afterimage—I’m moving on **Bridge** If I see you in my dreams tonight I won’t reach out, I won’t rewind I’ll let you pass like a stranger’s face Another memory losing its shape I won’t exhume what I laid to rest Some love survives by being left **Breakdown / Soft Outro Lift** I forgive you I release you I don’t need you to disappear **Final Chorus** You’re an echo, nothing more Just a sound I was before You can haunt the dark behind my eyes But you don’t get my life this time I’m finally learning how to stay When the ghosts all drift away You’re a chapter I outgrew A forgotten voice I once knew **Outro** Fade out Fade out I’m still here And you’re fading now ---
Tags
Atmospheric post-hardcore with alt-metal feel and emotive clean vocals
4:13
No
1/19/2026