Phantom Dialogue

[Intro]
Are you real… or memory's shell?
Do you speak… or do I compel?

[Verse 1]
Whispers fall like winter rain,
Echoes drift inside my brain.
Silent mouths with words I know,
But no one's there — it's all shadow.

They say my name with voices torn,
Like faded tape I can't ignore.
Each phrase I hear, I speak again,
A loop of lies I call a friend.

[Pre-Chorus]
Every question answers me,
In voices no one else can see…

[Chorus]
I’m trapped in phantom dialogue,
With ghosts behind a mental fog.
They talk me down, they pull me through —
But I don't know if they're ever true.

Words repeat like sacred sin,
And silence screams beneath my skin.
Who am I without their sound?
A silent shell that’s breaking down.

[Verse 2]
They tell me truths I shouldn't trust,
Then leave me shaken in the dust.
I write replies in shattered script,
To voices fading as I slip.

I swear they meant to comfort me,
But nothing here is ever free.
Every word a subtle knife,
That cuts between what's real and life.

[Bridge]
Are you me... or someone else?
Do I need help... or just myself?
If I reply, do I consent...
To live with what they never meant?

[Final Chorus]
Phantom dialogue, divine and cruel,
Makes the broken mind its tool.
They guide, they haunt, they fill the void —
But leave behind a voice destroyed.

I call for help, but only find…
Reflections in a fractured mind.
If no one's listening when I speak,
Was I the ghost this whole damn week?

[Outro]
I hear you still…
I answer still…
I am…no longer still.

Rock, cinematic and progressive metal, male, blend of melodic singing & screams, explosive choruses