Intro: Deep piano, heavy cello, atmospheric, high reverb] [Verse 1: Minimalist, intimate, deep baritone vocals, diffuse panorama] I still know every crack in your door, the sound of your keys next to me on the floor. The walls still carry your final word, but you’ve long been in a place I haven’t heard. I believed we still had so much time to borrow, postponed every goodbye until a tomorrow. I was too proud for a „Stay with me,“ and now I stand here – alone with what used to be. [Pre-Chorus: Building tension, atmospheric synths, rising volume] And when the night falls upon my window pane, I see the two of us, before all the pain. I’d tell you everything that I’m missing now – [Stop: Silence] BUT YOU ARE NO LONGER HERE! [Ping-Pong Echo] [CHORUS: Full band explosion, anthemic, heavy guitars, massive reverb] YOU WERE MY HOME! [High Reverb & Ping-Pong Echo] YOU WERE EVERYTHING TO ME! [High Reverb & Ping-Pong Echo] Now I carry your shadow like a knife through me! I LET YOU GO! [High Reverb & Ping-Pong Echo] BUT I WANTED TO HOLD YOU! [High Reverb & Ping-Pong Echo] And now I scream your name, but you don't hear me anymore! TOO LATE! [Depth Panorama – echo fades into the back] TOO LATE! [Depth Panorama – quieter and muffled] I loved you – but I realized it much too late! [Post-Chorus: Crowd-Shout, heavy drums and bass] Oh-oh-oh! YOU WERE MY HOME! [Ping-Pong Echo] Oh-oh-oh! AND NOW EVERYTHING BURNS! [Ping-Pong Echo] [Verse 2: Driving drums, but intimate vocals, diffuse panorama] Your picture still lies face down near my bed, as if I could turn back the time in my head. I know the spot where you always used to lie, and sometimes I think I still see you go by. I kept silent out of fear when I should have said „Stay,“ acted like I was invulnerable, while we drifted away. [Pre-Chorus 2: Building even more tension, guitars swelling] And every shadow on the wall looks like you for a heartbeat or two. I walk through rooms without light and find no way back to you. Because you were... [CHORUS: Even larger, wide-spread panorama] YOU WERE MY HOME! [Wide-Spread Echo] YOU WERE EVERYTHING TO ME! [Wide-Spread Echo] Now I carry your shadow like a knife through me! I LET YOU GO! [Wide-Spread Echo] BUT I WANTED TO HOLD YOU! [Wide-Spread Echo] [Bridge: Break, piano only, fragile vocals, emotional buildup] If only I could go back once... just five minutes... just one last time... I wouldn't stay silent. I would say: „STAY!“ [Explosive Wide-Spread Echo] „I NEED YOU!“ [Wide-Spread Echo] „YOU ARE MY HOME!“ [Maximum Reverb flooding the room] [Short Silence] But time doesn't turn back. [Drums set in massively] And your shadow doesn't come along. [GUITAR SOLO: Aggressive, distorted, emotional, very loud, wide-spread panorama] [FINAL CHORUS: Orchestral, double-bass drums, maximum energy] YOU WERE MY HOME! [Wide-Spread Echo] YOU WERE EVERYTHING TO ME! [Wide-Spread Echo] I’ll carry your shadow through me until the end! I WANTED TO HOLD YOU! [Wide-Spread Echo] BUT I LET YOU FALL! [Wide-Spread Echo] Now I bellow your name against the heaven and the night! YOU WERE MY HOME! [Wide-Spread Echo] [Outro: Fading out, piano, heavy echoes, emotional decay] And I would give everything, just for one moment! BUT IT IS – TOO LATE! [Depth Panorama – echo losing highs] TOO LATE! [Depth Panorama – echo from a distance] TOO LAAAATE! [Depth Panorama – disappearing in darkness] I loved you... BUT YOU WERE ALREADY GONE! [Last Ping-Pong Echo] You were my home... And I only understood... when I couldn't go home anymore. YOUR SHADOW REMAINS. [Final, fading Ping-Pong Echo]
