[INTRO] (A tight, syncopated drum beat and a pulsing, melodic synth bassline start. A clean, rhythmic electric guitar chops in the background. The vibe is dark, cool, and immediate.) [VERSE 1 — Female lead, voice low, breathy, and cool] City lights like shattered glass Running fast but it won't last We were gasoline and a matchstick flame Now I don't even know your name You're a silhouette, a fading sound On this merry-go-round, this merry-go-round. [VERSE 2 — Female lead, voice gains an edge of frustration] You got a new heart, a different scene Pictures posted, living clean But your smile's a weapon, your laugh's a lie I see the ghost in your new sky We built a kingdom, then you set it free Now it's just an echo chasing me. [PRE-CHORUS — Music builds with layered vocals and driving synth pads] And I keep talking to the silence Fighting shadows with this violence You're a habit I can't break… a permanent mistake… [CHORUS — Explosive, anthemic. Powerful, gritty vocals over a driving beat and distorted guitars] You're a phantom limb, I still feel you there! Aching in the cold night air! I try to run, I try to hide! But you're still burning deep inside! Yeah, you're a phantom limb, a ghost I can't outrun! What we had is dead and gone, but the feeling's never done! (Never done!) [VERSE 3 — Female lead, rhythmic and defiant] I cut the ties, I burned the page I'm the star of my own stage But in the quiet, in the rush It's a familiar, silent crush A flicker of a memory That's still got a hold on me. [PRE-CHORUS — More urgent, drums intensify] And I keep talking to the silence! Fighting shadows with this violence! You're a habit I can't break… a permanent mistake… [CHORUS — Even more powerful, with vocal ad-libs and harmonies] You're a phantom limb, I still feel you there! Aching in the cold night air! I try to run, I try to hide! But you're still burning deep inside! Yeah, you're a phantom limb, a ghost I can't outrun! What we had is dead and gone, but the feeling's never done! (Oh, never done!) [BRIDGE — Music pulls back to a sparse synth and vocal pad. Vocal is raw and emotional] I know the truth, I wrote the end I'm not waiting for you, my friend But the heart has a memory, a stubborn, stupid beat… That forgets we're obsolete… [FINAL CHORUS — Full force, cathartic and explosive] You're a phantom limb, I still feel you there! Aching in the cold night air! I try to run, I try to hide! But you're still burning deep inside! Yeah, you're a phantom limb, a ghost I can't outrun! What we had is dead and gone, but the feeling's never done! No, the feeling's never done! [OUTRO] (Music cuts to the pulsing synth bass and a final, ringing guitar chord. Vocal is a breathy, final statement.) Phantom limb… Never done… (Beat and bass fade out.)
