[Intro: Rhodes piano, ambient church reverb, soft choir hums] There’s a joy that tastes of something gone, (So sweet, but gone...) Like a hymn faded at the dawn. (Yeah...) I tried to lay your name to rest, (But it won’t sleep...) But it still beats inside my chest. (Still beatin’ on...) Footsteps echo down these halls, (Still walkin’...) Chasing shadows on my walls... (I see you...) [Verse 1: Soulful male vocal, Rhodes and bluesy guitar licks] [Pre-Chorus: Handclaps begin, soft organ, background vocals echo lines] And I keep wonderin’ what it means, (What it really means...) This thread of ghosts between our dreams. (Oooh...) You carved a map into my chest, (Left it deep...) And I still follow, breathless... (Followin’ through the dark...) [Chorus: Full gospel choir enters, drums and bass swell, emotional lead vocal] Love is the fire you cannot see, (Can’t see it, but it’s real...) It burns without a flame in me. (It’s burnin’...) A holy ache, a silent cry, (Ooooh Lord...) A chain that sings but won’t untie... (I’m still tied...) [Post-Chorus: Instrumental interlude — guitar sways, choir hums and “oohs”] [Interlude: Solo organ riffs with subtle rhythmic snaps] [Verse 2: Voice deeper, more soulful, rhythm steady, piano more prominent] It’s a house with every door locked tight, (Can’t get in, can’t get out...) But every window leaks your light. (You still shine...) It’s kneelin’ down to someone gone, (Still on my knees...) And still believin’ you belong... (Believe in love...) It’s callin’ love what made you bleed, (Still bleedin’...) Still walkin’ toward it on your knees... (On my knees, Lord...) [Pre-Chorus: Repeat, more grit in vocal, choir harmonies lifted] And I keep wonderin’ what it means, (Somebody tell me...) This thread of ghosts between our dreams. (Ghosts between...) You carved a map into my chest, (Map in my soul...) And I still follow, breathless... (Followin’ on...) [Chorus: Stronger call-and-response between lead and choir] Love is the fire you cannot see, (It’s deep inside...) It burns without a flame in me. (Never stops...) A holy ache, a silent cry, (Cryin’ low...) A chain that sings but won’t untie... (Won’t let go...) [Post-Chorus: Choir echoes “won’t untie” in layered harmony, slow fade into next section] [Bridge: Stripped back — just piano and raw vocal, aching delivery] But tell me, Lord — how can it be? (How can it be...?) That broken pieces carry me? (Ooooh...) You laid a path through all this mess, (Through the mess...) And somehow, it still feels like... tenderness. (Still feels like love...) This storm I hold inside... (Still ragin’...) [Solo: Wailing electric guitar solo, blues scale, echoing grief and longing] [Final Chorus: Full band, full choir, rhythmic drive, emotional peak] Love is the fire you cannot see, (You can’t see it, but it’s real...) It burns without a flame in me. (Still burnin’...) A holy ache, a silent cry, (Silent cry, yeah...) A chain that sings but won’t untie... (Never break free...) [Last Line: Whispered solo voice over soft choir, lingering organ] Never... (Never let me go...) [Outro: Faint Rhodes, fading choir hums, heartbeat-like kick, quiet room reverb] The fire you cannot see... Still burns in me. (Still burns in me...) Still burns... [End]
