Neon Smoke (Chapter 1)

[Intro – whispered] Neon smoke, rise slow, Every shadow hides a name I’ll never know. Rain burns bitter, streets hum low, The city’s alive… but it eats its own. [Verse 1 – male vocal] Skyscrapers bow like drunken kings, Billboards bleed their silent things. I carry my sax, I carry my debt, Dreams I buried haunt me yet. [Pre-Chorus – spoken/jazz-poetic] Footsteps echo down rusted rails, Monsters watching, leaving no trails. Every night, another story dies, Every dawn, another lie. [Chorus – rising techno pulse] Neon smoke, take me higher, Paint the sky in electric fire. I’m still lost, but I still believe, In a song this city cannot leave. [Outro – glitch echoes] (Neon smoke… neon smoke…) The city breathes, the city chokes… (Neon smoke… neon smoke…) I walk alone, but never alone.