[Male & Female duet] [Jinx female] [Ekko male] [Intro – Ekko (soft)] (Tick, tick...) Yeah… Time breaks, but it don’t rewind. Not where we come from. [Jinx – spoken, almost a whisper] Heh… Funny how all it takes is one (boom) To turn forever into a ghost. [Verse 1 – Ekko] Used to race through alleyways, chalk on the walls, Knew your name before the world tried to make you small You were Powder, right? Lil' light in the dark, laughed with a spark Till they struck it out and called it art I watched you fall and I couldn’t catch it Watched the mask form — static and hatchet I tried to pull you back, but the thread snapped Now you painting hell with a smile and a jetpack If I could freeze the frame... Back before the pain, Back before they let you rot inside your name But time don’t budge, and clocks don’t bend We were never enemies, just... could’ve been friends [Chorus – Jinx & Ekko (echoes overlapping)] 🎵 *Could’ve been us* Runnin’ wild through the Undercity dust 🎵 *Could’ve been more* Built a world we were fightin’ for 🎵 *Now it’s too far,* Every spark got swallowed by scars 🎵 *Could’ve been real,* Now all we got’s what we tried to kill... [Jinx – Verse 2] You called me back and I laughed in your face *(hehehe...)* But it cracked when I did — yeah, I felt that space Like a hole where my name used to sit Powder’s dead, but she never quit I still hear the echoes in alleyways Still taste the tears on candy trays Still miss when the sky was just pretend And we weren’t tools, we weren’t ends You beat me down, but I didn’t break 'Cause I broke way back — before your stake Now I dance in fire just to feel the burn But I still turn when your voice returns... [Bridge – Ekko & Jinx alternating, soft glitched beat] (Ekko) Wish I’d held on tighter (Jinx) Wish I blew up lighter (Ekko) Wish you saw you’re brighter (Jinx) Wish I wasn’t a biter *(teeth sinkin’ in)* (Ekko) Still see you in flashes (Jinx) Still dream of your crashes (Ekko) Still time in the ashes— (Jinx) But I like it when it smashes *(BOOM)* [Chorus – Ekko & Jinx together, strained harmony] 🎵 *Could’ve been us* Playin' tag ‘stead of drawin’ blood 🎵 *Could’ve been good* Built a place where the broken stood 🎵 *Now it’s all noise,* Every toy just a weaponized choice 🎵 *Could’ve been true,* But the time we lost never knew... [Outro – Jinx (quiet, nearly singing)] You still chase me, Echo Boy In that little clock you built... But I ain't tickin' right no more I just *pop*, and tilt, and tilt... [Ekko – fading] If I could rewind time... I’d hold your hand... before the fall.
