[Verse 1] I built a bridge, brick by brick, Watched you burn it, quick by quick. I held my tongue, I bit it hard, But silence only leaves a scar. The moon was high, the night was still, You let go, and I lost the will. [Chorus] Don't cry when I fade away, This time I'm gone, no words to say. You let me slip, you let me fall, Now I'm not coming back at all. You're on your own, hear the echo play— When I fade away, when I fade away. [Verse 2] I gave my all, my blood, my pride, But your love ran cold, like the evening tide. I chased your shadow, it slipped through, What more could a man like me do? The gravel road stretches far and wide, I won't be walking by your side. [Prechorus] I tried, I tried, Lord knows I tried, But your heart's a door that won’t swing wide. [Chorus] Don't cry when I fade away, This time I'm gone, no words to say. You let me slip, you let me fall, Now I'm not coming back at all. You're on your own, hear the echo play— When I fade away, when I fade away. [Bridge] The steel guitar moans like my weary soul, And the synth hums deep, a wound grown cold. I'm a ghost in the headlights, a fleeting glow, Gone before the rooster crows.
