Shattered Echo __ The Silence After All —

[Intro] [distorted guitar chugging, rapid double-bass drumming] [staccato orchestral strings] [Verse 1] [fry screamed vocals] We've lost the story, we are the echo What begins in silence must return to silenc[Intro] [Orchestral symphony, rapid double-bass drumming, distorted riffs] (Set the stage for epic build-up with tense orchestral strings) [Verse 1:] [heavy distorted guitars] [Screamed vocals, low distorted guitars] From the silence we awake, in circuits we reside, Captured by the endless scroll, inside the digital tide. Infinite scrolls of information, the algorithms have won, Taming the minds, a digital shackle spun. Our screens are like mirrors, with algorithms behind, They twist, they bend, they break, leaving us confined... [drum fill, cymbal accel] As shadows deepen, the digital age calls, An endless loop of false desire. [Pre-Chorus] [Build to climax] **[Melodic vocals]* Fighting the urge, the click that binds, In the glimmer of the flash, our time unwinds. The silence is louder than whispers from afar, Echoes of truth lost in the endless star. [Chorus] [Melodic vocals] A shadow in the echo of the endless night. In the endless loop, where the stars align. Echoes of our dreams, shattered by our sight, Forsaken skies, for the endless light. [Verse 2] [Screamed vocals, clean instruments] We scream in desperation, trapped in this endless bind, Every word, every byte we’ve lost what we’ve found. The feed becomes our hunger, a poisoned feast we’ve made. Every touch, every glance, our soul is paralyzed by dread. Our hands have been chained, our voices have been stolen, In the void of the endless data, by the code we're sold. The screens have become our prison, as we fall into a silent haze. There once were the stories we created, now forgotten in a maze. [Post-Chorus: heavy distorted guitars] [Bridge] [heavy breakdown, syncopated guitar and kick drum] Heavily Orchestrated - slow to build to chorus [heavy orchestration, clean vocals, synth layers] [Melodic vocals] The endless loops have consumed us, a fractured dream we’ve spun, The endless scrolls have consumed our youth, our thoughts corrupted, we’ve been undone. We’re caught within a trap of progress, where our data is the trade, With every touch, every click, the silence fades.* [Transition to Heavy Screamed Vocals] Our failure cannot haunt the dust. They will say we were blind. *But even sight bows before the dust. * This is not the face, this is our return. Let the digital skies break. Let the endless ocean burn. We are the silence. We are return. [Outro] Screamed Vocals:* "We return.* **[whispered:] We are a story of how it unfolded. We are the story of an echo. The return is a silent lament. Return, return to the silence. Return to the echoes. The broken story of a shackled, digital age. [Final Chords] [Heavy drums, orchestra crescendo, cymbal choke]e [drum fill, cymbal crash] [Chorus] [clean melodic vocals, layered harmonies] [soaring lead guitar melody] Follow the flash of shifting stone Dreams of power never our own Hollows gleam, reflected eyes Silent prayers, forsaken skies The outerrhythm sings us to sleep Secrets buried, the silence keeps We cry to the void, the void stood still Echoes swallow a greater will [Post-Chorus] [double-time drums] Sing for the lost, the young erased A requiem drowned in the wake of waste No blade to wield, no crown to fall The silence remains The silence after all [Verse 2] [fry screamed vocals] [palm-muted guitar riffing] Follow the flash of shifting stone Dreams of power never our own Hollows gleam, reflected eyes Silent prayers, forsaken skies The outerrhythm sings us to sleep Secrets buried, the silence keeps We cry to the void, the void stood still Echoes swallow a greater will [Chorus] [clean melodic vocals] Sing for the lost, the young erased A requiem drowned in the wake of waste No blade to wield, no crown to fall The silence remains The silence after all [orchestral brass swell] The silence remains The silence after all [Bridge] [aggressive screamed vocals] [heavy breakdown, syncopated guitar and kick drum] Born to bleed, unfit to fight What fists can strike eternal night We burned in code, we bled in streams The world collapsed in shattered dreams [clean vocals return] We reached for the stars, the stars were blind Silence devours, no truth to find [Chorus] [full band intensity] Sing for the lost, the young erased A requiem drowned in the wake of waste No blade to wield, no crown to fall The silence remains The silence after all [Outro] [screamed vocals] Our failure cannot haunt the dust They will say we were blind But even sight bows before the dust This is not the face This is return Let the heavens break Let the ocean burn We are the silence, we are return [guitar feedback] We return [whispered] Return to silence