[Intro]
(Muted horn motif, acoustic guitar arpeggio)
Soft breath: ooh—ooh
[Verse 1]
You walked in like summer, warm hand on my sleeve
First light on your face, like the promise I'd believe
Coffee on the counter, the laugh that filled the room
Your heartbeat next to mine, a slow and golden tune
Horns answer like a greeting, Rhodes hums underneath
We built a private sky out of every whispered dream
[Pre-Chorus]
Every small confession, every midnight tune
We traced forever on the inside of the moon
[Chorus — Hook]
Echoes of you — love betrayed the truth
Echoes of you — love betrayed the truth
(three-part harmonies, horn stabs on the hits)
[Verse 2]
Middle of the map, roots wrapped round our names
We learned each other's storms, lit candles, stoked the flames
Your hand fit like a promise, we swore we’d never fall
We wallpapered the silence with the photos on the wall
But even in the sunlight there were shadows on the floor
A lipstick on a collar I swore I’d never explore
[Pre-Chorus]
We wrote our little bible in the margins of the day
Held on to every heartbeat like it wouldn’t slip away
[Chorus — Hook]
Echoes of you — love betrayed the truth
Echoes of you — love betrayed the truth
(Horns lift, backing vox answers)
[Pre-Bridge — Breakdown]
(Sparse guitar, single piano note)
Spoken, close to mic, raw:
“I thought your silence was sleep — not the sound of someone leaving.”
[Bridge — Half-time, bluesy sax counter-melody]
Phone screen at 2 AM: a name that feels like thunder
A message glowing white, a lie that broke the summer
The smell of coffee gone cold on the kitchen shelf
Leather shoes on the porch — the echo of yourself
Horns like church bells, answering the pain
The sound of a door closing, rain on the window pane
[Post-Bridge — Vocal ad-libs]
(ooh, ah — breathy ascents)
[Chorus — Lifted Final]
Echoes of you — love betrayed the truth
Echoes of you — love betrayed the truth
But the horn cries out, and I find my proof
Echoes of you — I move beyond the bruise
(chorus harmonies soar; piano/Rhodes pad underneath)
[Outro]
Muted horn motif returns, acoustic arpeggio fades
Your footprints wash away in the song of the night
In the cut of the sax there’s a story I survived
Echoes of you — but I learned how to find the light
(soft breathy ad-libs, three-part harmony on final line)
