[Faded Memories *Heartfelt acoustic singer-songwriter — slow, intimate, melancholic] [Intro] [slow-strumming acoustic guitar, soft reverb, intimate room tone] [Verse 1] [male vocals enter, close and quiet] Well they say that every day’s a new day Well I feel that what is new has changed Well you say that every night it’s the same old thing Just a faint sense of sensitivity Well then you go and show me The shaded memories Well I sense your functionality [Chorus] [voice opens up, still gentle] Faded memories Faded memories All we ever were Is what we used to be Faded memories [Verse 2] Well they say that time will mend the wound Well I find the silence in the room Well you turn your face to the window light And the dust just hangs there, holding tight Well then you go and leave me With the shaded memories Well I lose your frequency [Chorus] Faded memories Faded memories All we ever were Is what we used to be Faded memories [Bridge] [guitar thins out, single notes, building tension] And I’m reaching through the static For a voice I used to know But the line just keeps on breaking And there’s nowhere left to go Nowhere left to go [Guitar Solo] [soul-crushing electric lead drenched in echo and delay — start sparse and aching, let single notes ring and decay into the reverb, then build, bend, and break at the peak before collapsing back down to one trembling note] [Final Chorus] [fuller, the emotional peak, voice strained] Faded memories Faded memories All we ever were Is what we used to be Oh, faded memories Faded memories [Outro] [back to bare acoustic guitar, fading, delay tails ringing out] Just a faint sense of sensitivity… Faded memories
