House of Echoes

Verse 1

I painted windows made of gold

So no one sees the nights so cold

Every smile is stitched in place

A borrowed light upon my face

I learned to hide the shaking hands

To speak in words they understand

They call me strong, they call me brave

While I keep digging my own grave

Pre-Chorus

When the silence starts to grow

Every shadow starts to know

The name I buried long ago

But never let it show

Chorus

Ask me how I'm doing now

I'll say I'm better than before

While every heartbeat pounds against

A locked and splintered door

Every mirror tells the truth

That no one else can hear

I'm still breathing, still pretending

Inside this house of echoes and fear

Verse 2

These walls were never built for you

They rose from everything I knew

Brick by brick and lie by lie

To keep the broken parts alive

If I collapse beneath the weight

Don't mistake it all for fate

I'm just tired of carrying storms

While wearing someone else's form

Pre-Chorus

In the middle of the night

Every memory comes alive

Whispering my hidden name

Like a never-ending flame

Chorus

Ask me how I'm doing now

I'll say I'm better than before

While every heartbeat pounds against

A locked and splintered door

Every mirror tells the truth

That no one else can hear

I'm still breathing, still pretending

Inside this house of echoes and fear

Bridge

If I let the darkness speak

Would you stay or would you leave?

If these chains around my soul

Finally broke beneath my feet

Maybe hope is not a ghost

Maybe light still knows my name

Maybe all these shattered pieces

Can become a flame again

Final Chorus

Ask me how I'm doing now

I won't hide behind the lie

Every scar became a map

That taught me how to survive

Every mirror shows a man

Who refused to disappear

I walked through the house of echoes...

And I conquered every fear

Outro

The echoes fade...

The walls come down...

I hear my heartbeat...

It's the only sound.