[Intro — Soft Synth Pad, Gentle Pulse, No Vocals] [Instrumental — Sparse, atmospheric build, 8 bars] [Verse 1] I woke up to a room I knew by heart But every photograph felt torn apart There's a jacket hanging that I've never worn And a coffee cup that's chipped and warm Someone's handwriting on the kitchen wall A name I almost recognize but can't recall My own reflection asks me who he was And all I feel is static, just because [Pre-Chorus] I keep reaching for a hand that isn't there I keep saying half a sentence to the air There's a shape beside me that I used to know A shadow that refuses to let go [Chorus] Who were you, the boy I can't remember The one who kissed me every cold December I trace your outline on an empty bed A love that lives inside my hollow head Who were you, the voice inside my dreams The only real thing in a world of seams I don't know your face but I know your name And I'm still burning in your absent flame [Instrumental Interlude — No Vocals] [Lead Electric Guitar Solo — Crying, vocal-like tone, expressive string bends and long sustained notes, the guitar "sings" the sadness the singer cannot voice, exposed and front-and-centre over shimmering synth pads and a soft pulse, no drums, 16 bars, no singing, humming, or vocalizations] [Verse 2] I found a letter folded in a book Your handwriting shaking, so I looked "You said you'd find me even if you forgot" And I sat down on the floor and I could not Stop the flood of something I can't name A grief that has no memory, just the same Heavy weight of loving someone gone While the world keeps quietly moving on [Pre-Chorus] I keep reaching for a hand that isn't there I keep saying half a sentence to the air There's a shape beside me that I used to know A shadow that refuses to let go [Chorus] Who were you, the boy I can't remember The one who kissed me every cold December I trace your outline on an empty bed A love that lives inside my hollow head Who were you, the voice inside my dreams The only real thing in a world of seams I don't know your face but I know your name And I'm still burning in your absent flame [Instrumental Interlude — No Vocals] [Lead Electric Guitar Solo — Crying, vocal-like tone, answering the chorus with its own melodic line, escalating bends and vibrato, then falling into quiet resignation, 12 bars, no vocals of any kind] [Bridge — Stripped, Intimate, No Drums] They say the heart keeps what the mind lets go They say the body always seems to know So why do I still cry at 3 AM For a stranger I would love again [Final Chorus — Full Arrangement, Soaring] Who were you, the boy I can't remember The one who held me through the cold December I trace your outline on an empty bed A love that lives inside my hollow head Who were you, the voice inside my dreams The only real thing in a world of seams I don't know your face but I know your name I don't know your face but I know your name And I'm still burning in your absent flame [Outro — Soft Synth Pad, Fading Pulse, No Vocals] [Lead Electric Guitar — Lone melodic fragment, distant and reverb-drenched, slow fade to silence]
