Fade Away

[Intro]
Late calls
Screen face
Heart race
Same ache
[Verse 1]
Clothes still on the chair where you left them
Cup rings on the desk like a timeline
Talk tough but I choke when I text you
Type "how are you" then delete it every time
Mama said "you ain't built for this pressure"
But she ain't seen the nights that I bled through
Prayin' that the scars turn to lessons
But all I ever see is where I let you fall through
[Pre-Chorus]
I keep replaying what I said
Every word a little blade
If I could edit out my pride
Would you stay?
[Chorus]
Let me fix the pieces that broke
Don’t let me fade away
I was drowning deep in that smoke
You were pullin’ me out the wave
If there’s still a breath in your hope
I’ll be changin’ day by day
Let me fix the pieces that broke
Don’t let me fade away
[Verse 2]
I’ve been talkin' to the ceiling like it answers
Shadow on the wall where you used to lean
Friends say "move on, find another chapter"
But every page I turn got your name in the ink
[low vocal register] I was runnin' from the mirror, from the damage
Blamed the world, never owned what I shattered
Now I’m standin’ in the middle of the madness
Hands up sayin’, "I’m the one that mattered"
[Pre-Chorus]
If I confess it all in the open
All the lies, all the weight I was holdin'
Would you see the boy, see the man I’m hopin'
I can be?
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[whispered vocals] If you see me slippin’ back, pull me closer
If you hear me talkin' tough, say it’s over
I don’t wanna be the ghost in your stories
I just wanna be the proof you restored me
[guitar solo]
[Chorus]

rap, Dark emotional trap ballad with male vocals; moody piano intro and slow-filtered 808s, eerie solo violin lines weaving in and out. Verses stay sparse and intimate with close-mic vocal and subtle ad-libs; drums build into a hard-hitting, cinematic chorus where layered harmonies and rising percussion explode. Second half adds wider pads and more aggressive hi-hats, then pulls back to piano and strings for a vulnerable outro., violin, deep, emotional