Shadows on the Strings

Verse 1

The fire’s gone cold, but embers still breathe,

Whispers in the walls pull secrets from me.

Every step I take, the floorboards moan,

This house feels alive, but I walk alone.

Chorus

Play me down low on a broken guitar,

Let the silence bleed where the lost souls are.

In the black of night, I hear them sing,

Carving my name on the shadows of the strings.

Verse 2

The candle melts slow, wax tears on the floor,

I swear I saw your ghost slip out the door.

The air tastes of ashes, the silence is thin,

I strum the old chords and it drags me back in.

Chorus

Play me down low on a broken guitar,

Let the silence bleed where the lost souls are.

In the black of night, I hear them sing,

Carving my name on the shadows of the strings.

Verse 3

The windows breathe shadows, curtains twist and sway,

Every chord I strike wakes the ghosts that stay.

The floorboards remember, the walls whisper your name,

And the strings pull me further into this endless game.

Bridge

Every note’s a confession, every chord a sin,

The echo reminds me of where we’ve been.

The deeper I go, the darker it clings,

Pulling me under the weight of the strings.

Now the shadows rise, they’re alive in my hands,

Each strum a tether, each pull a command.

Chorus

Play me down low on a broken guitar,

Let the silence bleed where the lost souls are.

In the black of night, I hear them sing,

Carving my name on the shadows of the strings.

Outro (haunting / layered whispers / cold)

Play me down low…

Where the lost souls wander…

I’m carved in shadows…

Of these broken strings…

The walls are listening…

The floorboards remember…

Every note I strike…

Pulls me under again…

I hear them calling…

Faint at first, then louder…

Their voices in the wood…

Their whispers in the wind…

And still I play…

I strum the dark…

I answer the house…

It answers me back…

The shadows tighten…

The strings pull harder…

And I am not alone…

Never alone…

Play me…

Forever…

On the shadows of the strings…