[Verse 1 – female clean vocals, ruhig aber angespannt] I gave my heart to everyone ’til nothing left belonged to me. I fed the world with all I had, and starved the parts I couldn’t see. I learned to smile through shattered glass, pretending I was built to please. But every promise that I kept became a lock without a key. --- [Pre-Chorus – clean vocals, verzweifelte Steigerung] I’m losing pieces of myself inside the walls I built for help… --- [Chorus – groß, episch, clean vocals + leichte layered screams] I’m trapped inside a cage of echoes, calling out but no one knows. I lose my voice to save the rest — and wear their weight across my chest. I gave away what made me human, until I faded into ruin. But I won’t break for them again — I’ll breathe for me and rise again. --- [Verse 2 – male screams + heavy guitars] I bent my spine for every soul, I let them carve into my bones. I wore their fears like second skin, and lost the place where I begin. Dependence is a quiet chain, it wraps your heart and steals your name. You call it love, you call it care — but damn, it leaves you fucking bare. --- [Pre-Chorus – female vocals, mehr Power] I’m finding pieces of myself, buried deep beneath the shell… --- [Chorus – voller, emotionaler] I’m trapped inside a cage of echoes, calling out but no one knows. I lose my voice to save the rest — and wear their weight across my chest. I gave away what made me human, until I faded into ruin. But I won’t break for them again — I’ll breathe for me and rise again. --- [Solo – melodisch, dramatisch, schwebend, beginnt clean & melancholisch, steigt in ein episches Lead, viel Reverb, letzter Ton bricht in Distortion, geht direkt in Breakdown] --- [Breakdown – brutal, male screams, langsam & schwer] YOU CAN’T OWN ME! YOU WON’T BREAK ME! I AM THE FIRE THEY TRIED TO TAME! I SET MYSELF FREE — UNLEASH THE REAL ME! I’M NOT YOUR SHADOW, NOT YOUR CLAIM! --- [Final Chorus – female clean + male scream duet, maximal episch] I’m done with living for the echoes, done with chains that no one knows. I found my voice beneath the scars, I found myself among the stars. I gave away what made me human — but now I rise above the ruin. This time I won’t fade out again — I breathe for me… and live again. ---

Cage of Echoes