Left Behind

[Intro]
Harp on the windowsill
Rain on the shattered frame
Your letter curls at the edges
Every word still burns my name
[Verse 1]
(Male)
You packed your faith in a rusted case
Turned your back on this broken place
I reached out
Caught only air
Your footsteps fading down the stairs
[Chorus]
(Male & Female)
You left me behind
In the wake of your goodbye
Like a choir with no reply
All our hymns turned to crying
You ran to the light
I stayed nailed to our night
Every promise that we swore
Echoes on
Forever torn
You left me
You left me behind
[Verse 2]
(Female)
I traced our dreams on the bedroom wall
Watched the paint start to peel and fall
You loved hard
But you loved the road more
Chasing ghosts through another door
[Pre-Chorus]
(Male & Female)
Was it mercy
Was it fear
When you disappeared
Did you hear my voice
Or close your heart to every choice (hey)
[Chorus]
(Male & Female)
You left me behind
In the wake of your goodbye
Like a choir with no reply
All our hymns turned to crying
You ran to the light
I stayed nailed to our night
Every promise that we swore
Echoes on
Forever torn
You left me
You left me behind
[Bridge]
[Organ and violin swell]
(Male)
If I see you on some distant shore
Will your eyes still know my name
(Female)
Will your heart still feel the weight we wore
Or just ashes in the rain
(Male & Female)
I would bleed my faith out on this floor
Trade my pride to turn you back once more (woah)
[Chorus]
(Male & Female, with choir)
You left me behind
In the fire of your goodbye
Every vow became a lie
Every prayer a battle cry
You ran to the light
I stayed nailed to our night
But this broken
Beating core
Still remembers what we swore
Though you left me
I sing from behind
[Outro]
[Choir holds high note
Orchestra swells then fades to harp and piano]
(Female, soft)
I walk on through the falling sky
(Male)
Carrying the part of you that never died

metal, Epic power metal ballad with speed-metal bursts; twin electric guitars and double-kick drive the verses, then open into soaring half-time choruses. Harp and piano carry the intro and breakdown, with strings and pipe organ swelling into a full orchestra. Massive mixed choir on the hooks, dramatic key change in the final chorus, male/female duet trading lines and stacking harmonies., power metal, ballad, speed metal, violin, harp