“THE JESTER: HALL OF MIRRORS / CAVES OF ECHOES”

🎪 INTRO — Hall of Mirrors (Jester – whisper, split L/R) Look at you… so certain in borrowed light Is that truth… or just a reflection that learned your name? 🪞 VERSE 1 Writing I walked through the glass of a thousand faces Every step felt strangely mine All the roads bent back in circles Every sign said “you’re in time” (Jester, soft) You walked so far… but did you move at all? 🌫️ PRE-CHORUS Every answer felt like an echo Every echo wore my voice Was I hearing something deeper— Or just learning how to choose? (Jester rising) Turn the mirror—watch it change its mind… 🎤 CHORUS (HOOK) Was it real, or just the light Playing tricks on me? Did I find what I was looking for Or just what I believed? Was it truth, or just a spark In a hall I couldn’t see? Was it real, or just the light Playing tricks on me? (Jester echoes underneath: “tricks on me… on me…”) 🪞 VERSE 2 Every shadow had an answer Every answer split in two Every door I thought was open Led me deeper into you (Jester, amused) Every answer you found… was waiting for you to agree… 🌈 PRE-CHORUS 2 Writing I could feel it getting closer But it slipped between the lines Like a meaning just behind me Turning truth into a rhyme (Jester) Truth is patient… it lets you mishear it first… 🎤 CHORUS (FULL BAND / LARGER) Writing Was it real, or just the light Playing tricks on me? Did I find what I was looking for Or just what I believed? Was it truth, or just a spark In a hall I couldn’t see? Was it real, or just the light Playing tricks on me? 🕳️ BREAKDOWN — Caves of Echoes (all drops, cavern reverb, single tones) Writing (Jester – close, intimate) In the caves of echoes… every truth comes back wearing your voice You didn’t find the light… you recognized it And recognition… can be wrong So tell me, pilgrim… if it was always yours— why did you have to lose yourself to see it? ⚡ FINAL CHORUS (STRIPPED → BUILD) Writing Was it real… or just the light… Playing tricks on me… (gradual build) Was it real, or just the light Playing tricks on me? Did I find what I was looking for Or just what I believed? 🌌 OUTRO — Snap Back (everything drops to clean guitar motif) Writing (Jester – fading) I only twist the lens… you decide what’s real…