Echoes of a Fading Summer (Title Track)

[Intro: Slow, heavy grand piano chords, joined by a rising, sorrowful string orchestra] [Verse 1: Male Vocal] We drove the coastal highway till the road ran out We drowned our young convictions in a sea of doubt The neon signs are flickering, saying their goodbyes I see the constellation of sorrow in your eyes We built a fragile kingdom out of sand and dust And watched it slowly crumble into beautiful rust [Verse 2: Female Vocal] I’m wearing the last remnants of the fading sun Knowing that our tragic masterpiece is done We danced in the motels, we cried on the pier We watched the whole illusion slowly disappear I hold your hand in silence as the shadows fall The most devastating, beautiful tragedy of all [Pre-Chorus: Both] The wind is blowing colder, the sky is turning grey We are watching our forever slowly slip away [Chorus: Both] These are the echoes of a fading summer A cinematic heartbreak like no other We painted our love in shades of melancholia Drowning in the depths of a dark euphoria Hold me in the wreckage, don't let me go just yet We are a beautiful disaster I will never forget [Instrumental Interlude: A massive, sweeping orchestral crescendo, weeping violins and pounding cinematic drums] [Verse 3: Female Vocal] The reel is running out, the film is burning through [Male Vocal] There is nothing left to say, there is nothing left to do [Both] We surrender to the autumn, we surrender to the night Fading like a photograph in the dying light [Pre-Chorus: Both] The wind is blowing colder, the sky is turning grey We are watching our forever slowly slip away [Chorus: Both] These are the echoes of a fading summer A cinematic heartbreak like no other We painted our love in shades of melancholia Drowning in the depths of a dark euphoria Hold me in the wreckage, don't let me go just yet We are a beautiful disaster I will never forget [Bridge: Both] [Female Vocal] The curtain falls. [Male Vocal] The lights go down. [Both] Silence covers our sleepy town. It was a breathtaking ride, a beautiful pain. We will never be those same two people again. [Outro: Both] Echoes... [Female Vocal]: Of a fading summer. [Male Vocal]: Fading out. [Both]: Goodbye. [Fading Outro: The orchestra plays one final, massive tragic chord that slowly decays into pure silence over 10 seconds] [End]