[Intro] [Verse 1 – reflective, airy, minimal percussion] Summer light through maple trees Your shadow framed in memory We carved our names in wet concrete Before the dusk erased the heat Your voice still lingers in the walls A ghost that answers when I call [Pre-Chorus 1 – gentle rise, subtle rhythm] I stay awake, replay the days Where silence hums the things we’d say The ache just grows, it never fades [Chorus 1 – cinematic lift, layered pads and sub-bass] We’re just fading polaroids Losing color in the sun Every promise that we made Slowly coming undone I still taste the smoke and rain Every time I hear your name We’re just fading polaroids Of who we used to be [Verse 2 – sparse, reflective, city imagery] October wind against my skin Your jacket hanging, folded in I pass the corners we began They all still whisper who I am This city glows but feels so cold A frame without the hand to hold [Pre-Chorus 2 – slightly more tension, whispered ad-libs] I stay up late, but it’s not the same Haunted by the sound of your name The quiet hits, and I take the blame [Chorus 2 – bigger, cinematic peak, layered harmonies] We’re just fading polaroids Losing color in the sun Every promise that we made Slowly coming undone I still taste the smoke and rain Every time I hear your name We’re just fading polaroids Of who we used to be [Breakdown – extended, atmospheric, ad-libs (ooh-ooh, mmm)] (Just fading…) (ooh-ooh) (Still taste the rain…) (Every time I hear your name…) (mmm) (All the promises we made…) (Losing color, losing us…) (ooh-ooh) (The silence never fades…) (Of who we used to be…) Maybe in another life, we found the time Held on tighter, crossed that line But every heartbeat pulls away Like echoes caught in yesterday [Chorus 3 / Final Chorus – full cinematic lift, emotional peak] We’re just fading polaroids Turning sepia and gray All the futures that we planned Slowly slip away I still feel you in my veins Like a melody that stays We’re just fading polaroids Beautiful decay
