Where Are You Now

Intro
Streetlights fade, I can’t feel safe,
(so empty… so quiet…)
Every shadow knows your name.
Mask of hope — but you’re not here,
(come back… come back…)
I’m burning slow in this fear.

Verse 1
The city sleeps, but my heart’s awake,
Every shadow whispers your name.
I reach for the mask, but it’s only air,
You’re gone, and I’m lost in the flame.

Pre-Chorus
I need the ghost that held me near,
The promise that you’d always appear.
You swore the dark would never win,
But silence claws beneath my skin.
(never win… under my skin…)

Chorus
Where are you now? (where are you?)
When I’m breaking, when I’m calling out?
When my heart’s screaming out loud? (screaming…)
You were the shield between me and pain,
Now I’m drowning in the rain.
Where are you now? (don’t fade, don’t fade…)
But I can’t find your fire, your fight.
I’m collapsing in the silence somehow.
I need you here —
Or I disappear.

Verse 2
The streets feel colder without your eyes,
The sky is heavy, it never lies.
Did you forget the vow you made?
(never gone… never afraid…)
Without you, I’m not brave.

Pre-Chorus
I’m reaching for a phantom flame,
But nothing answers when I say your name.
(your name… your name…)

Chorus
Where are you now? (where are you?)
When my soul’s breaking down? (breaking…)
You were the light cutting through the fear,
Now the silence is all I hear.
Where are you now? (don’t fade, don’t fade…)
I’m collapsing in the shadows somehow.
I need you here —
Or I disappear.

Bridge
Are you gone, or just unseen? (unseen, unseen…)
A phantom lost in broken dreams? (dreams, dreams…)
I’m holding on to what you swore,
I can’t let go, I can’t let go —
You’re the only truth I know.

Final Chorus
Where are you now? (where are you?)
When I’m breaking, when I’m crying out? (Breaking)
You were the voice that cut through the fear,
But silence is all I hear.
Where are you now? (don’t fade, don’t fade…)
Don’t leave me in the shadows somehow.
I need you near —
Or I disappear.

Outro
(where are you… come back… don’t leave me… masked angel… I need you…)

Female, gothic rock, dark electronic, alt rock/emo, electro pop/edm, synthwave, fast paced, glitch, ethereal echo