(Intro – (chant, layered with heavy reverb, ghostly echoes fading in)) (whispered, close-mic) Where do we go, where do we stay? (haunting chant, distant echo) Time won’t wait, it fades away. ⸻ (Verse 1 – (sparse, breathy lines, long reverb, echoes carrying the weight)) (shadowed voice) Cold wind calling. (whispered) Night keeps falling. (distant echo) Faces fading. (soft chant, reverb swell) Hearts still breaking. (voice with echo) Mama told me, hold on tight. (ghostly layer) Searching for a little light. (low, soft echo) Steps keep moving, roads unknown. (whispered) I don’t walk this path alone. ⸻ (Chorus – (romantic, layered chant, wide stereo, warm reverb)) (chant) Stay with me through the fire (echo “fire”). (chant) Hold me close through the night (night…night). (soaring harmony, reverb heavy) Every touch tells the story (story…story). (chant, doubled) Stay with me for the night (night…night). ⸻ (Verse 2 – (minimal words, each line spaced to breathe, heavy echo/reverb)) (soft chant) Walls remember. (whispered) Stones hold names. (distant echo) Time moves faster. (chant) Nothing stays the same. (close vocal, slight delay) Calling out, but the sound drifts low. (reverb wash) Searching for a steady glow. (soft chant, doubled) Sky turns heavy, filled with gray. (whispered) Still I rise, one more day. ⸻ (Chorus – (bigger chant, harmonies stacked, echoes repeating)) (chant) Stay with me through the fire (fire…fire). (chant) Hold me close through the night (night…night). (soaring harmony, drenched in reverb) Every touch tells the story (story…story). (chant, stacked) Stay with me for the night (night…night). ⸻ (Bridge – (call-and-response, airy reverb, echo bouncing left-right)) (voice 1, dry) Don’t let go. (voice 2, echo) Don’t let go. (voice 1, close) Take it slow. (voice 2, reverb) Take it slow. (all voices, chant with swelling reverb) Through the dark, through the dawn… (all together, harmony lift) We belong. ⸻ (Final Chorus – (anthemic, full harmonies stacked thick, echoes, wide stereo)) (chant) Stay with me through the fire (fire…fire). (chant) Hold me close through the night (night…night). (soaring harmony, full reverb) Every soul finds glory (glory…glory). (chant, doubled, center) Stay with me for the night (night…night). (chant, layered, echoes) Stay with me through the fire (fire). (chant, whispers underneath) Hold me close through the night (night). (soaring harmony, final lift) Every soul finds glory (glory…glory). (chant, fading) Stay with me for the night (night…night).
