[Intro]
Damp concrete, neon halo on my face,
Cigarette ember red, a halo out of place.
A single snap on a formica table, slow and small,
And the room leans in like a listener to a call.
[Verse 1]
My chest slams like a locker door when the night comes down,
Stale beer on the windowsill, a shadow for a crown.
You hum an old gospel line, it trembles through the pipes,
We trade small truths like contraband and hold them tight.
Finger prints on the amp where you carved a careless name,
We’re trading time for stories, trading quiet for the flame.
The rafters keep our secrets, the dust remembers when
We swore the world would notice—then we started over again.
[Pre-Chorus]
We breathe slow, count the cracks in the plaster,
Lift the sound until it shatters.
Hold it—let it go—
Scream: ALIVE
[Chorus]
Basement echoes keep our names alive,
We whisper them until the night believes.
Basement echoes keep our names alive,
We whisper them until the night believes.
[Verse 2]
You left a Polaroid face-down by the door,
The flash froze a laugh we couldn’t hold anymore.
A lighter in your pocket that never found a flame,
And I learned to talk soft when the building knew my name.
The carpet smells like summers that forgot to end,
Your coat still in the corner like a memory that bends.
We map the floor with footsteps that we won’t explain,
Running circles 'round the past to feel less like the pain.
[Pre-Chorus]
We breathe slow, count the cracks in the plaster,
Lift the sound until it shatters.
Hold it—let it go—
Scream: NOT YET
[Chorus — Variation]
Basement echoes tuck our faults inside,
They hum them back in harmonies that grieve.
Basement echoes tuck our faults inside,
They hum them back so we can still believe.
[Bridge]
I wrote your name in condensation on the pane,
Watched it bleed into letters like a small, soft rain.
There’s a truth I hide beneath my hollow rib—
I never learned how to leave, I only learned to forgive.
You said, "If we go quiet, the city will decide,"
But the alley keeps our promises where rooftops cannot hide.
I take the lighter, strike the flame, let it bend,
Burn the edge of yesterday so we might find the end.
[Break — Single-Line Delivery]
(sung, then screamed) Stay with me—
Scream: COME HOME
[Final Chorus]
Basement echoes keep our names alive,
We press them to the mortar so the morning knows.
Basement echoes keep our names alive,
We press them to the mortar so the morning knows.
[Outro]
A distant shout like bottles breaking in a dream,
We leave the sunlight folded, like a secret in between.
Heartbeat under plaster, low and steady, slow—
Basement keeps our names, and we let the echoes go.
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