(Intro – sussurri, riverbero, synth basso) I can’t escape you… Even in the dark… Even when I scream… You’re still inside me. (Violins tremolo alto, D#5–G5, legato oscuro) ⸻ Verse 1 Shadows crawl along my walls, Your voice is poison, it never falls. I taste the smoke of what we were, A love that dies, but still occurs. Cold floor beneath my shaking feet, Every heartbeat a warning beat. I thought I knew the way to you, But every path is poisoned too. *(Ad-libs whisper: “poisoned… poisoned…”) (Violins pizzicato per tensione) ⸻ Pre-Chorus I scream in silence, no one hears, The dark surrounds me, feeding fears. Your ghost is here, it never leaves, Breathing heavy through my grief. (Tremolo violins + synth drone per claustrofobia) ⸻ Chorus Fading echoes of your lies, Haunting me under blackened skies. I’m drowning slowly in your shadow, Where love and fear collide, hollow. Hold me tight, I’ll still fall apart, You left a scar across my heart. If tomorrow comes, I won’t survive, The darkness stays, it’s alive inside. (Harmony: male low + female falsetto overlay on “alive inside”) ⸻ Verse 2 The candle dies, the room breathes cold, I see your eyes in every fold. The streets are empty, whispers chase, I feel your hands but see no face. Chains of memories wrap me tight, Pulling me under every night. I fight, I fall, I beg, I scream, You’re not a love… you’re a disease. (Violins arco lento, glissando sui passaggi più cupi) ⸻ Pre-Chorus 2 I reach for air, it burns my lungs, The night is thick, your voice still stuns. I try to run but the shadows know, You follow me wherever I go. *(Falsetto/whisper: “wherever I go… wherever I go…”) ⸻ Chorus – più oscuro, layered Fading echoes of your lies, Haunting me under blackened skies. I’m drowning slowly in your shadow, Where love and fear collide, hollow. Hold me tight, I’ll still fall apart, You left a scar across my heart. If tomorrow comes, I won’t survive, The darkness stays… alive inside. *(Violins: layered tremolo high + low drone sotto; synth oscuro + 808 leggero per pulsazione) ⸻ Bridge – claustrofobico / sussurrato) I touch your ghost, it burns my hand, I hear your laugh, it drags me to the sand. I’m a prisoner in my own skin, A war I can’t fight, I can’t win. *(Background whispers: “I can’t win… I can’t win…”) (Violins: glissando, scivolata discendente G5–D4) ⸻ Final Chorus – dark cinematic climax Fading echoes of your lies, Haunting me under blackened skies. I’m trapped inside this endless night, Your shadow’s grip… too tight. Hold me tight, but it won’t save, I’m drowning in the grave you gave. If tomorrow comes, it won’t forgive, The darkness… it’s alive… it lives… *(Ad-libs: “it lives… it lives… it lives…” layered con falsetto e low harmony) (Violins + synth cinematic, decrescendo lento per chiusura inquietante) ⸻ Outro – fading sussurri I can’t escape… Even in the dark… Even when I scream… You’re still alive inside me… Male voice

Fading Echoes