Rusted Echoes in the Fray

Lyrics

[INTRO — Solo Piano / Distant Guitar Feedback] [soft, almost whispered] Rust on my wrists... Weight on my bones... How long can you run Before the past becomes your home? [bass slowly enters] I can hear it calling... But I don't know my name anymore. [DISTORTED GUITARS CRASH IN] [VERSE 1 — Moody Bass / Restrained Drums] Rust on my wrists, Chains clink like whispers, Dragging me backward Through a graveyard of yesterdays. Shadows laugh silent, Their teeth like knives, Cutting through memories I buried just to stay alive. Every scar has a story, Every wound knows my name, Every road that I followed Led me deeper into pain. Now I'm standing in the wreckage Of everything I couldn't save, Trying to find the person That I lost along the way. [PRE-CHORUS — Piano Returns / Drums Building] I scream to the sky— DOES IT EVER REPLY? I'm still reaching for something To prove I'm alive! If there's anything left Under all of this pain... Tell me— WHO AM I WHEN I CAN'T HEAR MY NAME? [FULL BAND EXPLODES] [CHORUS — Huge / Layered Vocals] LOST IN THE FRAY! Can't hear my name! Hate in the air— EVERYWHERE! I just wanna stay, But it pulls me away, And I'm holding on While I'm starting to break! LOST IN THE FRAY! Caught in the flames! I'm screaming out, But nothing ever changes! If there's a way out, If there's something to save— DON'T LET ME DISAPPEAR LOST IN THE FRAY! (Lost in the fray!) [POST-CHORUS — Guitar Riff] Whoa-oh-oh... Lost in the fray! Whoa-oh-oh... Don't let me fade away! [VERSE 2 — Bass-Driven / Heavier] Eyes on the pavement, Feet heavy like anchors, Each step a battle Against ghosts I can't outrun. They grin in the gutters, Mocking my fight, Following every footstep Like they know where I hide. I've been carrying voices That were never really mine, Every word they threw against me Still repeating in my mind. “You'll never make it.” “You'll never change.” “You're gonna end up just the same.” But if I'm already broken— WHAT THE FUCK HAVE I GOT LEFT TO BREAK? [PRE-CHORUS — Building Harder] I scream to the sky— DOES IT EVER REPLY? I've been begging for a reason Not to give up the fight! There's a pulse in my chest Under all of this pain... Maybe I'm still here. Maybe I still know my name. [drum fill] [CHORUS — Full Band] LOST IN THE FRAY! Can't hear my name! Hate in the air— EVERYWHERE! I just wanna stay, But it pulls me away, And I'm holding on While I'm starting to break! LOST IN THE FRAY! Caught in the flames! I'm screaming out, But nothing ever changes! If there's a way out, If there's something to save— DON'T LET ME DISAPPEAR LOST IN THE FRAY! [INSTRUMENTAL — Piano + Lead Guitar] [Piano repeats intro melody] [Lead guitar answers the piano phrase] [Drums build into half-time] [BRIDGE — Heavy / Half-Time] I DON'T WANT YOUR HATE! Don't need your chains! I DON'T WANT YOUR ECHOES! Screaming my name! I'M BREAKING APART— BUT I'M BREAKING FREE! YOU DON'T GET TO DECIDE WHO I'M SUPPOSED TO BE! [GUITAR HIT] Rip the rust from my wrists! LET THE CHAINS FUCKING FALL! If I'm crawling from the wreckage— THEN I'M CRAWLING THROUGH IT ALL! I spent too many years Letting yesterday define me. If the darkness wants me back— IT'S GONNA HAVE TO FUCKING FIND ME! [BREAKDOWN — Everything Cuts Except Piano] [quiet male vocal] I thought I was lost... Maybe I was just buried. I thought I was gone... Maybe I was just scared. [pause] And underneath Everything they said I was... I can hear something. [heartbeat / kick drum] My name. [heartbeat] My voice. [heartbeat] Me. [FULL BAND SLAMS IN] [FINAL CHORUS — Higher Melody / Massive Layered Vocals] I WAS LOST IN THE FRAY! But I hear my name! Fire in the air— EVERYWHERE! It can pull me away, It can beg me to break, BUT I'M NOT FUCKING FADING AWAY! LOST IN THE FRAY! I walked through the flames! Every scar that I carry Is proof that I changed! I found my way out, Found something to save— I WON'T DISAPPEAR LOST IN THE FRAY! (I won't disappear!) I WON'T FADE AWAY! (I know my name!) I WON'T DISAPPEAR! (I know my name!) I'M FINDING MY WAY! [FINAL BREAK / GANG VOCALS] LOST! (But I'm still here!) BROKEN! (But I'm still here!) SCARRED! (BUT I'M STILL HERE!) AND I KNOW MY FUCKING NAME! [Final guitar chord rings out] [OUTRO — Solo Piano] Rust on my wrists... But the chains are on the floor. The ghosts still call my name... I just don't answer anymore. [soft] I was lost in the fray. But I found... my way.