Echoes Where I should've Been

[Verse 1] (0:00–0:30)

I am the sound that never made it through

A whisper in a world too loud for truth

They called it strength when I stood still

But never saw the scars it took to feel

[Pre-Chorus] (0:30–0:45)

I carry storms behind my calm

Every smile is just a false alarm

They never asked what silence means

It’s louder than their loudest screams

[Chorus] (0:45–1:15)

I’ve been screaming in my sleep

Fighting wars I never speak

They see peace but never know

What it cost to let it show

I’m not broken, I’m not whole

I’m just echoes in a soul

That should’ve been…

That should’ve been more

[Verse 2] (1:15–1:45)

I held my fire behind closed eyes

Felt too much but had to lie

Told I’m “too much” for their world of less

But I was built for more than this mess

[Pre-Chorus] (1:45–2:00)

They dress up pain and call it fate

But I’ve bled truth they can't relate

They never see the war within

Just the shell I’ve trained to win

[Chorus] (2:00–2:30)

I’ve been screaming in my sleep

Fighting wars I never speak

They see peace but never know

What it cost to let it show

I’m not broken, I’m not whole

I’m just echoes in a soul

That should’ve been…

That should’ve been more

[Bridge] (2:30–2:50)

Maybe I was born to feel

What others fear is real

But I won’t let their silence

Make me forget how to heal...

[Final Chorus] (2:50–3:20)

So I’m screaming through this song

Carving proof that I belong

Not a shadow, not a ghost

I’m the fire they feared the most

I’m not broken, I’m not whole

I’m a story never told—

I should’ve been…

But now I am more