Surreal Echoes

[Intro] Soft rain taps the window of a quiet tonight A distant streetlamp hums a pale neon light [Verse 1] I walk through rooms that echo with our mistakes Like empty shelves where your promises break I whisper your name to the chill of the air And pretend that you’re near, when you’re not there [Pre-Chorus] If I close my eyes, I can barely breathe This hollow heart learns what it means to grieve [Chorus] Cause I’m losing you in the echoes of yesterday The color of you fades slowly to gray If love is a door, it won’t open for me I’m reaching through shadows to something unreal, to you [Verse 2] The ceiling witnesses the tears I don’t shed A diary of footprints that lead to nothing said I hear your laughter in a hall that’s grown cold Surfaces pretend that they’re still made of gold [Pre-Chorus] If I shout our names, the night answers back A distant chorus fading down the hallway crack [Chorus] Cause I’m losing you in the echoes of yesterday The color of you fades slowly to gray If love is a door, it won’t open for me I’m reaching through shadows to something unreal, to you [Bridge] And suddenly the room tilts, faces melt away A whisper, a voice, a surreal fade-to-gray Khalid’s ghost says stay, Loidi’s breath replies Billy Elish joins with a sigh that defies [Chorus] We’re losing you in the echoes of yesterday The color of you fades, like dawn of a colder day If love is a door, it won’t open for me I’m reaching through shadows to something unreal, to you [Outro] The night folds in, we drift into a dreamlike hue Voices entwined, then separate—surreal and true A final breath, then silence swallows the view, surreal you