You Fade Into the Night

[INTRO] (Sparse piano, dreamy synth pad, whispery vocal texture, 8 bars) [VERSE 1] You're the static I learned to ignore The white noise behind my door Reaching for something you'll never hold Your hands are empty, your story's old I see you fading like a photograph Burned at the edges, split in half You're the question I stopped asking long ago The answer is: let you go [VERSE 2] You're the hunger that eats itself The mirror turned against the shelf Taking and taking but never full Your well runs shallow, your grip runs dull I feel you fading like a distant call An echo in an empty hall You're the weight I put down at the door Don't need you anymore [CHORUS] So you fade, you fade, into the night I'm ascending into the light You're the shadow, I'm the dawn You're what I've moved beyond So you fade, you fade away from me I'm finally, finally free [VERSE 3] You're the thief stealing from an empty room Taking nothing, sowing gloom But I don't mourn the space you leave behind It was never really mine I see you drifting like a ship with no sail Lost in your own pale tale You're the story nobody's reading now I broke the spell somehow [VERSE 4] You're the dream I woke up from The poison I've become numb To your hunger, to your need You're a lesson, not a seed I watch you shrinking as I grow A beautiful, cold hello goodbye You're the past I'm walking past This is the first time I'm moving fast [CHORUS] So you fade, you fade, into the night I'm ascending into the light You're the shadow, I'm the dawn You're what I've moved beyond So you fade, you fade away from me I'm finally, finally free [BRIDGE] (Piano solo, minimal synth, vocal whispers underneath) There's no hate here, just goodbye No anger, just clarity You were never my fight You were just the fading light And I'm walking toward the sun The fading has begun For you, not me [FINAL CHORUS] So you fade, you fade, into the night I'm ascending into the light You're the shadow, I'm the dawn You're what I've moved beyond So you fade, you fade away from me I'm finally, finally free Yeah, finally free [OUTRO] (Sparse piano, synth pad fades to silence) [OUTRO] (Massive drum breakdown, fades)