[Title:-ECHOES OF THE PAST – BY OA] [Intro – distant, textured, whispered] (echo… echo…) Yeah… I hear it sometimes. Not calling me back— Just reminding me where I came from. [Verse 1 – measured, reflective] I hear echoes of the past in the silence of the night Old conversations, old fears, old fights Old versions of me that ain’t there no more. Tryna breathe through the weight, tryna hold onto hope I remember them days when the pressure was loud When I questioned my path, when I blended in crowds But I kept one eye open, one foot in the light Even lost, I was learning, even wrong, I was right (steady) [Pre-Chorus – melodic, half-sung] I don’t run from the memories I let ’em talk, then I release What was heavy don’t hold me It just show me who I used to be [Chorus – hypnotic, emotional anchor] Echoes of the past, but they don’t control me. Echoes of the past. I hear ’em whisper, but they don’t own me. Echoes of that past. Every scar tell a story .Echoes of that past. I ain’t stuck in the dark, Echoes of the past, I let ’em pass through me Echoes of that past. I’m not who I used to be. echoes of the past (past ,past, past.) [Verse 2 – deeper, more personal] I remember trust breaking right in my hands Smiles with intentions I couldn’t understand I remember nights praying something would change When faith felt small, but it called me by name . I seen love leave, I seen friends fold I seen truth get quiet when lies got bold But every loss carved strength in my frame Pain didn’t end me—it just taught me my name OA- behind my eys now i am (aligned) [Pre-Chorus 2 – softer, introspective] I forgive who I was back then I forgive what I didn’t know If I never walked through that fire I’d never move this slow [Chorus – repeat, fuller emotion] Echoes of the past, but they don’t control me. Echoes of the past. I hear ’em whisper, but they don’t own me. Echoes of that past. Every scar tell a story .Echoes of that past. I ain’t stuck in the dark, Echoes of the past, I let ’em pass through me Echoes of that past. I’m not who I used to be. echoes of the past (past ,past, past.) [Bridge – drop drums, spoken-sung, intimate] I don’t erase the past I integrate it Every version of me Helped create this I don’t hate the scars I translate ’em That’s how pain turn wisdom When you face it (echo…echo..echo...steady…) [Final Chorus – resolved, grounded] Echoes of the past, but they don’t control me. Echoes of the past. I hear ’em whisper, but they don’t own me. Echoes of that past. Every scar tell a story .Echoes of that past. I ain’t stuck in the dark, Echoes of the past, I let ’em pass through me Echoes of that past. I’m not who I used to be. echoes of the past (past ,past, past.) [Outro – whisper, fade] (echo… echo…echo..) Lessons remembered. Lessons learned. Lessons, lessons, lessons I own that ..