Echo in the Dark

[Verse 1]
I loved you clean, I loved you long
Gave you my morning, my name, my song
You took the warmth and left me cold
Like a room with the windows nailed and bolted shut
I kept on reaching, hand to glass
You barely turned when I walked past
Still, in that silence, something grew
A little hard-edged spark that pulled me through
[Pre-Chorus]
And in the dark, I heard it clear
My own voice cutting through the fear
I said my name like it was mine
(Like it was mine)
I held that flame up high
[Chorus]
I am the echo
I am the echo
I learned to call myself home
I am the echo
I am the echo
Now I light the way I once needed
[Verse 2]
There was a night I almost broke
Sat with the ache, let it take my throat
But every tear that hit the floor
Showed me a door I’d never seen before
I found my spine in the shaking hands
Found my truth in the collapsed-out plans
Now when I speak, I mean what I say
And every scar has learned a brighter name
[Pre-Chorus]
And in the dark, I heard it clear
My own voice cutting through the fear
I said my name like it was mine
(Like it was mine)
I held that flame up high
[Chorus]
I am the echo
I am the echo
I learned to call myself home
I am the echo
I am the echo
Now I light the way I once needed
[Bridge]
So if you’re hurting, sit right here
I’ve got a lantern made from years
I know the road when it splits in two
I’ll sing you back to what is true
Take my hand, take your time
You can borrow this steady light
I rose from the ache that tried to keep me small
Now I stand in the dark for us all
[Final Chorus]
I am the echo
I am the echo
I learned to call myself home
I am the echo
I am the echo
Now I light the way I once needed
I am the echo
I am the echo
And I won’t let the dark take me whole

Pop-R&B power ballad with female vocals, glossy piano chords, deep sub pulses, and a slow-burn lift into huge stacked harmonies; intimate verses sit close to the mic, then the chorus opens wide with a gospel-leaning top line and handclap-sized emotional impact, light