[start] [Intro: Slow Rhodes loop with faint static. Harpsichord arpeggio enters, fragile. Muted guitar ticks softly like a dry pulse.] [Instrumental only] [Verse] Once I dreamed (once I dreamed) Fire inside Burned unseen Now it fades Now it ends Every spark Turns to sand [Chorus] Fading wants (fading, fading, fading) Empty hands Empty plans Fading wants (fading, fading, fading) Nothing stays As it began [Verse] Every year Less to chase Every line On my face All I sought All I craved Slips away Unengraved [Chorus] Fading wants (fading, fading, fading) Empty hands Empty plans Fading wants (fading, fading, fading) Nothing stays As it began [Bridge: Vocal fragments loop “gone, gone, gone.” Clavecin becomes dissonant. Muted guitar pulses irregularly.] Gone, gone Gone, gone Gone, gone Gone, gone [Chorus: Vocals layered, Rhodes heavy, clavecin flickers, muted guitar ticks in the background.] Fading wants (fading, fading, fading) Empty hands Empty plans Fading wants (fading, fading, fading) Nothing stays As it began [Outro: Harpsichord dissolves, Rhodes fades, static grows. A single trumpet note sighs and disappears.] (fading, fading, fading…) [end]
