[Intro – vinyl crackle, distant radio static, one clean guitar harmonic, then massive detuned riff crashes in] (Whisper) Can you hear it... It's still alive. [Verse 1 – low male rap, restrained, tight groove] Every room keeps talking after everybody leaves Fingerprints of silence hiding underneath the seams I cut the wires but the signal never disappeared You can kill the speaker— You can't kill what you've heard. Every mirror learned a language I don't recognize Teaching every broken version how to wear disguise I'm another empty frequency between the stations Breathing through distortion... Searching for translation. [Pre-Chorus – melodic, drums pull back] If I disappear tonight... Will the echo fade away? (or stay...) If I let the silence win... Who remembers my name? [Chorus – soaring melody, screamed peaks] I WON'T LET THE ECHO WRITE MY ENDING! (write my ending!) I WON'T WEAR THE CHAINS INSIDE MY HEAD! (break them!) Every scar became another voice pretending I WAS BORN ALIVE— NOT BORN HALF DEAD! Echo... (let it break!) Echo... (let it break!) [Verse 2 – rapper faster, more aggressive, syncopated] Every heartbeat sounds mechanical at 3 A.M. Like a city full of ghosts learning how to breathe again I've been feeding every monster just to keep them tame Funny how they answer... Every time I say my name. Now the ceiling's getting lower Air is growing thin Every little compromise Is wearing through my skin If survival is religion— I forgot the prayer Still I keep on climbing Even if there's nothing there. [Pre-Chorus – bigger, emotional] Maybe all these fractured sounds Never wanted me to fall Maybe every shattered piece Still belongs after all... [Chorus – heavier, layered screams] I WON'T LET THE ECHO WRITE MY ENDING! (write my ending!) I WON'T WEAR THE CHAINS INSIDE MY HEAD! (break them!) Every scar became another voice pretending I WAS BORN ALIVE— NOT BORN HALF DEAD! Echo... (let it break!) Echo... (let it break!) [Bridge – piano, electronic ambience, almost spoken] Maybe healing Never sounded beautiful. Maybe hope Always shakes before it stands. Maybe strength Isn't louder than the silence... Maybe... It's louder because it survives. [guitars slowly return] [Breakdown – crushing riff, half-time] (SCREAM) COME AND TAKE MY NAME— YOU CAN'T TAKE MY VOICE! COME AND BREAK MY BONES— YOU CAN'T BREAK MY CHOICE! (Rapper) You built a prison... I became the earthquake. [Final Chorus – biggest possible] I WON'T LET THE ECHO WRITE MY ENDING! (write my ending!) I WON'T WEAR THE CHAINS INSIDE MY HEAD! (break them!) Every scar became another voice pretending I WAS BORN ALIVE— NOT BORN HALF DEAD! No more echoes... No more ghosts... No more silence... Only hope! [Outro – clean guitar, heartbeat fades] (Whisper) If you still hear me... I'm finally louder than the echo.
