[Intro – funeral bells + glockenspiel, bleak drones] [Verse 1 – restrained, lurching half-time doom march; quiet SUNG] I count your breathing in the dark Like it could anchor every star Afraid the night might take your names And leave my hands with only shapes I press my ear against the world To hear the ones I love still burn Because the silence at the door Sounds like a life I can't restore [Pre-Chorus – low tension build; clean, solemn vocal] And every fleeting thought I chase Feels like dust inside my brain If I can't hold you in my mind What remains? [Chorus – huge crushing wall; devastating, clean, controlled, melodic] If I lose the ones I love Am I anything at all Just a shadow in the dust With my back against the wall If your faces fade in me If my mind gives up the flame Through the silence, through the pain Will I still deserve my name [Verse 2 – darker, heavier; low controlled delivery] I fear the thief no eye can see The hollowing out of memory The slow eclipse behind my eyes The death that happens while alive What am I when thought goes thin When all the rooms collapse within When even my own name turns strange And nothing answers through the rain [Pre-Chorus – tension build; steady clean vocal] I touch the walls to prove I'm here But even stone can disappear If love is all that made me real Don't let it leave [Chorus – wider, heavier return; full clean voice, emotionally devastating] If I lose the ones I love Am I anything at all Just a shadow in the dust With my back against the wall If your faces fade in me If my mind gives up the flame Through the silence, through the pain Will I still deserve my name [Bridge – bleak ascent, lead guitar lament; clear solemn vocal] Hold me where the bells still ring Where grief has not undone a thing Say my name into the black Until the dark gives something back If I unravel thread by thread Be the pulse inside my head Be the fire, be the proof That I was more than passing through [Breakdown – near-silent drop, then controlled heavy return] When thought is ash When light is gone When I can't tell What I am from Lay your hands Upon my chest Tell the void I still exist [Final Chorus – fullest wall; clean full voice, heartbreaking, not shouted] If I lose the ones I love Don't let me vanish with the dust If your faces fade in me Sing me back to memory If my mind becomes a grave Call me out, don't turn away Through the silence, through the pain Make me exist again [Outro – bells fading into black; quiet SUNG repetition] Let the bells keep calling me Through the dark, remember me If I slip beyond the flame Love, say my name Love, say my name
