Echo Of Myself (based on "A Christmas Carol") - Spotify Version (Remastered)

[Intro - melancholic, thoughtful] I had no one Lonely boy, no one to own me That was all I’d ever known A festive time? A time for family? Ha! Then why? Why was I all alone? I had no one [Verse] My little Fan, she came for me But long life was denied her Taken from me, oh so early And my hope My hope died alongside her [Pre-Chorus] And this And this I know, down to my core Every penny I have means nothing [Chorus - explosive] I am poor!! I'm just an echo… An echo… …An echo of myself An echo of myself An echo of myself [Verse] Oh, spirit! Stop the chorus of these voices These cruel, forgotten shades Why torture me with rotten choices Now they cannot be unmade? [Verse] The past is fixed, why show me this? What’s done’s forever done What use is there to reminisce What’s lost is lost, what's won is won! [guitar instrumental break] [Pre-Chorus] And this And this I know, down to my core Every penny I have means nothing [Chorus - explosive] I am poor!! I'm just an echo… An echo… …An echo of myself An echo of myself An echo of myself [Bridge - angry] You bring me hope, spirit And hope I long thought four-fit I’m a miser, sir! I can’t afford it! [Verse] Gotta move along, won’t stop to dwell I can’t change the hand I dealt My soul is quelled around No Elle I linger on the shelf [Verse - enraged at himself, crescendo] And Belle…oh, Belle! I burn with shame at such a scene Yearn to run to her I should have screamed! I miss her smile, I crave her kisses What price is love Among my riches?? [Outro] And this And this I will be, forevermore! Every penny I pinch is nothing!! Nothing!!! Nothing!!!! I am poor!! I remain an echo… An echo… …An echo of myself