Became The Echo

Call again

So I placed my hands

Against the surface

And gave the silence

Everything I had

{single breath pickup, solitary centered vocal,

three-note piano motif, sonar-toned sub throb} My voice went down without a

sound Through every room beneath the ground It crossed the water,

crossed the years And found the self still trapped in fear {minimal

electronic percussion, low strings entering} Then every whisper answered me Not from

ahead, but memory The voice that pulled me through the night Was

mine—from somewhere past the light {pitched-down under-voice,

glass crack accents} I was the question

I was the call I was the hand That caught my fall

{strings lift, two heartbeats merging}

I became the echo

The voice I was searching for I went down lost and hollow

I came back carrying more I became the echo

Now I know what called before When another voice falls through the

dark I will answer from the core I became I became The

voice I was searching for {wide harmonies,

toms rise, guitars held back} I saw the circle closing slow The

hand above, the hand below The part that ran,

the part that stayed Were always reaching through the waves {piano and

processed percussion, answering distant voices} The deep was never just a grave

It held the pieces I couldn’t save It broke my shape,

returned my name And taught the dark itself could change {baritone guitar

enters, strings darken} I was the question

I was the call I was the hand That caught my fall

{larger lift, choir breath,

tom roll}

I became the echo

The voice I was searching for I went down lost and hollow

I came back carrying more I became the echo

Now I know what called before When another voice falls through the

dark I will answer from the core I became I became The

voice I was searching for {crushing guitars enter,

cathedral choir expands}

I was the breath before the sinking I was the silence afterward

I was the half that kept on living

I was the half that kept the hurt

{rhythm drops to suspended strings and low piano} I was the water

remembering I was the last remaining light I was the shadow reaching

upward I was both hands holding tight {choir answers,

guitars swell from silence} Call—I will hear you

Fall—I will find you

Sink—I will follow

Break—I’ll remind you

Your grief has a language Your darkness has depth

You are more than the pieces Survival forgets {drums break open,

vocal chops, choir undertow} We became the echo

The voices we searched for

We went down lost and hollow We came back carrying more We

became the echo

Rising from the ocean floor When another voice falls through the dark

We will answer from the core

We became We became The voices we searched for {full choir,

crushing guitars, strings at peak,

cymbals shimmering} The water became still

The mirror became sky

And for the first time

I heard my whole voice If you ever lose your way

Call once into the dark These are the echoes of the deep

And I will answer back {strip to piano,

breath, one deep throb,

resolved

C minor

chord}