[Intro] (Somber piano melody with heavy reverb tail) (Distant ocean waves crashing soundscape) [Tempo: Slow / Melancholic] [Vocals: Breathless / Intimate] They told me time was a healer. They said the clock would wash it away. But the calendar is a liar... And I’m dying a little more every day. [Verse 1] [Vocals: Clean / Fragile Croon] I put on the mask, I play the part Laughing with friends while I hide the heart Work is a drug, distraction’s a haze But nothing fills the space inside this maze. (Subtle bass swell) It feels empty. It all feels the same. [Chorus] [Vocals: Belting / Emotional Strain] [Wall of Sound] Because a piece of me is still waiting for you! Refusing to let go, no matter what I do! I’m holding the memories like broken glass Praying for a future that looks like the past! The pain still lingers! It lingers! [Verse 2] [Vocals: Resonant / Lower Register] [Drums: Slow, heavy tom grooves] Every song on the radio screams your name Every place we went to lights the flame It pulls at the part that I can’t move past Built a shrine to the moments I thought would last. [Bridge] [Build-Up] (Distorted guitars fading in) [Vocals: Harmonies / Layered] It is quiet. (So quiet) It is persistent. (Never leaves) It is heavy. (Crushing me) [Drop] [Vocals: Power Scream / Raw Emotion] AND IT REFUSES TO LET GO! [Guitar Solo] (Soaring, melodic lead guitar with delay and sustain) (Orchestral strings swelling underneath) [Chorus] [Vocals: Soaring / Passionate] [Full Instrumentation] A piece of me is still waiting for you! I’m holding on to the way things used to be! The pain still lingers! (It hurts more than the day before!) [Outro] [Vocals: Fading / Whispered] [Piano Only] I try to fill the space. But nothing feels the same. I can't move past it. (Final sustained piano chord decay) [End]
