[Intro]
Silence folds like velvet in the room
I listen to my breath unfold in tune
A softer copy of what I used to be
Waiting in the dusk where echoes roam free
[Verse 1]
Time slips its hands, a patient thief
I count the tremors in the air beneath
Your voice repeats, but it sounds withdrawn
A photograph that’s fading with the dawn
[Pre-Chorus]
I reach across the quiet, touch the line
Between the self I know and what I find
[Chorus]
I want the original, not the reflected sigh
To feel the pulse that lives behind your eyes
If every word is copied, I forget the real
But in this slow moment, I ache to feel
[Verse 2]
Memory drips like honey through a clock
Moments stretch, then crumble, wrecked with shock
Your whisper loops, a pale, familiar flame
I chase the spark and fear I’m chasing rain
[Pre-Chorus]
The air grows thick with things I can’t confess
The distance hums, but still I whisper yes
[Chorus]
I want the original, not the reflected sigh
To feel the pulse that lives behind your eyes
If every word is copied, I forget the real
But in this slow moment, I ache to feel
[Bridge]
Slow down, time, let me borrow your truth
Pluck from the silence a thread of youth
Let the echo bend back toward the heart that’s worn
Let authenticity be born in the storm
[Chorus]
I want the original, not the reflected sigh
To feel the pulse that lives behind your eyes
If every word is copied, I forget the real
But in this slow moment, I ache to feel
[Outro]
Let the day unwind into a softer light
Where voices meet and names reclaim their right
And maybe in the slowing, I’ll find where I belong
In the honest sound of morning’s dawn
