chasing echoes

[F] We built this fortress from the wreckage of our fears
And filled the moat up with a million unshed tears
We talk in circles, wearing trenches in the floor
But every answer just creates another door
I see the flicker of the person that I knew
A faded photograph, a different shade of you
We try to speak, but it just comes out as noise
A hollow echo of our long-forgotten joys

[F] (Pre-Chorus)
And I feel the silence, it's a heavy, woolen shroud
Smothering the whispers that we used to say out loud
Your eyes are pleading, asking me to make it right
To be the anchor in this endless, starless night

[M] (Chorus)
Chasing echoes in the dark
Found your rhythm in my heart
Maybe this time we don't fall apart
Just stay here, play it from the start

[M] (Bridge)
So we turn the record over, scratch the needle back to one
Hoping for a different ending than the one that's just begun
We know the melody is broken, the harmony is torn
But the thought of silence is a fate we can't afford
We'll play it wrong, we'll play it slow, we'll play it 'til we bleed
'Cause this chaotic symphony is the only air we need
We’re not chasing what we lost, we're begging for a spark
To find a brand new chorus in these echoes in the dark

(Guitar solo: Starts with hesitant, searching notes, building in intensity and emotion, full of bends and sustain, like a cry in the void. It then fades back down.)

[F] (Chorus - More desperate, vocals strained)
We're chasing echoes in the dark!
(I feel it beating) Found your rhythm in my heart!
(Please, don't let go) Maybe this time we don't fall apart!
(Just hold onto me) Just stay here, play it from the start!

[M] (Outro. Whispered, almost spoken)
Just stay here...
Play it from the start...
Don't fall apart...
Don't fall apart...