[Intro] [Bass alone. Heavy open-string riff with long sustain. Slow tempo. One distant clean guitar note swells in after four bars. Sparse kick drum enters during the final two bars.] [Verse 1] You were breathing through the silence Like the room was still your own Every shadow knew your outline Long before I let you go Nothing moved except the curtains Nothing asked if I was wrong [Pre-Chorus] [Drums become more deliberate. Clean guitar adds distant harmonics while the bass riff remains unchanged.] I closed the door I turned the key There was nothing left to keep [Chorus] [Full band enters. Thick sustained guitars bloom around the bass rather than overpowering it. Wide, spacious harmony vocals.] I placed you back where you belong Back beneath the weight of everything I placed you back where you belong Now the silence wears your name [Verse 2] [Drop back to bass, restrained drums, and clean atmospheric guitar.] Every photograph grew older Every frame forgot your face Even dust can learn forgiveness Even walls can lose their shape Still I hear you in the distance Like an echo holding on [Chorus] [Return to full arrangement. Bigger guitars, but maintain the hypnotic groove.] I placed you back where you belong Back beneath the weight of everything I placed you back where you belong Now the silence wears your name [Bridge] [Everything falls away except bass and distant ambient guitar. Vocal remains intimate and almost whispered.] Say my name... If it still means anything Say my name... If you're still there [Instrumental] [Bass riff continues unchanged. Gradually layer sustained guitars, feedback textures, and tom-heavy drums. No guitar solo. Build through atmosphere and dynamics.] [Final Chorus] [Largest dynamic of the song. Dense wall of sustained guitars with soaring harmony vocals while the bass remains the anchor.] I placed you back where you belong Where the light can never follow I placed you back where you belong Now there's nothing left to hold I placed you back where you belong... I placed you back... Where you belong. [Outro] [All instruments slowly fade until only the bass remains. End on a single sustained open note.]
