[Tempo/Key: ~70 BPM, D minor • Style: dark alt-pop / “swamp glitch gospel” • Lead: intimate, breathy female; one singer only] [Verse 1 – call lines with parenthetical ad-libs] Be quiet for the photo (for the photo) Say you’re fine (you’re fine) Don’t make a scene (a scene) Smile like you mean it (mean it) Keep your story small (story small) [Pre-Chorus – word shifts via ad-libs] Mean it (I mean me) You’re fine (I’m not fine) Story small (my story mine) [Chorus] I am not your echo anymore. All your words inside my mouth—no more. You taught this throat to mirror at doors. I lock them now and walk floor by floor. [Verse 2 – half echo / half answer] Sit still and be agreeable (agreeable) I won’t keep bending to fit your frame. Don’t speak unless you’re spoken for (spoken… for) My name returns; it burns in bright flame. Be what we paid for (paid for) I am not a debt; I am a voice. [Pre-Chorus 2 – stronger shifts] Be quiet (be honest) Be small (be whole) Be good (be true to my soul) [Chorus] I am not your echo anymore. Give me back the sound that’s mine, restored. Name by name, I’m closing every door— I am not your echo anymore. [Bridge] This is my voice—unborrowed. [Final Chorus] I am not your echo anymore. What I say will not be said for me. I stitch my name from every torn chord— Not your echo—no, not anymore. [Outro] No more.
