[Intro: Instrumental – sparse cello notes, slow ska upstrokes, whispering wind FX] [Verse 1: Female vocals, soft and heavy] There’s a voice in the floorboards, I swear it’s mine Hums the chorus of a different time Footsteps chase me down old streets Same old rhythm, new defeat [Pre-Chorus: Female vocals, hushed urgency] Every wall here knows my name Every silence speaks in flame I changed my hair, I changed my voice But echoes never gave me choice [Chorus: Female vocals + Male backup whispers] Echoes don’t lie — they crawl through keys They hum in pipes, they hide in dreams Echoes don’t lie — they mimic truth They wear your smile, but steal your youth [Post-Chorus: Female vocals, soft repetition] I hear me... I hear me... [Verse 2: Female vocals, building intensity] Turned off the lights, but the past still glows It loops my name in vertigo Laughed so loud to drown the beat But guilt just danced inside my teeth [Pre-Chorus: Female vocals + Male backup whispered phrases] Tried to outrun, tried to erase But shadows memorize your face I’m stitched from songs I swore I’d burn Yet every note still takes its turn [Chorus: Repeat — bigger delivery, subtle cello swells rising] Echoes don’t lie — they crawl through keys… (etc.) [Break: Instrumental – beat drops out, cello pulses, distorted ambient loop] [Bridge: Female vocals + Male vocals, call-and-response] [Female:] Who are you now? [Male:] The you you lost [Female:] What do you want? [Male:] To count the cost [Female:] Why do you follow? [Male:] You left me here [Female:] What do you echo? [Male:] Fear [Hook: Female vocals, soaring and cracked] You can change the locks You can burn the page But every word you sang Still haunts the stage [Chorus: Final — full band, layered vocals, male + female voices echoing] Echoes don’t lie — they crawl through keys They hum in pipes, they hide in dreams Echoes don’t lie — they mimic truth They wear your smile, but steal your youth [Outro: Female vocals, soft, spoken] I thought silence would save me …but silence remembers too [Fade Out:] whisper loop: "I hear me… I hear me… I hear me…"
