Echoes in the Cell of Light

Lyrics

[0:00 — PHONE RINGING] [OLD-STYLE TELEPHONE RING] Ring… Ring… Ring… [CLICK — PHONE ANSWERED] HER — SOFT, EMOTIONAL: Hey… I’m so glad you called. I miss your voice. How are you, my love? [SHORT SILENCE] HIM — FROM PRISON, TELEPHONE EFFECT: You have no idea what I’m going through… Every day in here feels like a lifetime. But none of this would’ve been possible without you. I just wanted to hear your voice… I just wanted to tell you… how much I love you. [SILENCE] HER: I love you too. Don’t worry about anything… I’ve got you. [PHONE STATIC] [HEARTBEAT STARTS] [LOW TRANCE BASS ENTERS] [DISTANT GUITAR FEEDBACK] HIM — WHISPER: You said you got me… So I held on. [MASSIVE DRUM HIT] I GOT YOU! [FULL HARD-ROCK GUITARS + HIP-HOP BEAT + TRANCE SYNTH EXPLODE] VERSE 1 BEGINS… ⸻ [INTRO — TELEPHONE STATIC] Static… MALE SPOKEN VOCAL: I only knew you for seven days… Seven fucking days. And I told you that night… “I don’t know why… but I feel like I’m about to get busted. And if I do… I’m gonna be gone for a long time.” [HEARTBEAT] Twenty minutes later… [POLICE SIREN — DISTANT] I was sitting in the back of a cop car… Looking at twenty-one years. [GUITAR EXPLOSION] And somehow… you were still there. ⸻ [VERSE 1 — HARD HIP-HOP] Seven days… That’s all we had before the whole world changed. Hotel room memories before the handcuffs and the chains. I told you, “Something’s wrong, I can feel it in my chest. I think they’re coming for me— I might be gone for years.” Twenty minutes later, red and blue lights in the rain, Cold metal on my wrists, twenty-one years on my brain. They took my freedom, but they couldn’t take your voice, Every call from that prison reminded me I still had a choice. Different walls, different prisons, different places calling home, But every time that phone rang, I knew I wasn’t alone. ⸻ [PRE-CHORUS — TRANCE BUILD] When the doors slammed shut… You stayed. When they took everything… You gave. When I couldn’t see tomorrow… You said— [WHISPER] “Don’t worry…” [BUILDING SYNTH] “…I got you.” [DRUM ROLL] ⸻ [CHORUS — MASSIVE HARD ROCK + TRANCE] I GOT YOU! You said it— AND YOU MEANT IT! When the whole world left me, YOU WERE STILL THERE! I GOT YOU! Say it loud! Say it twice! Those three words kept me alive! I GOT YOU! Four years behind that wall! Every prison phone call kept me from the fall! Maybe we weren’t meant to make it through… But I’ll never forget what you said: “I GOT YOU!” ⸻ [POST-CHORUS — TRANCE DROP] Got you… Got you… Got you… I GOT YOU TOO! ⸻ [VERSE 2 — RAP / ROCK] You sent me food when I needed something to eat. Paid the phone bills just so I could hear you speak. Then they separated us, my father left alone, Two broken men trying to find a home. But you didn’t disappear. You didn’t run. You stood beside my father until the nightmare was done. You opened up your door, gave him somewhere safe. You kept your eyes on him until I finally saw daylight. That’s more than romance. That’s more than words. That’s loyalty when the whole world hurts. You told me not to worry. You told me you had me. And when I was surrounded by concrete and steel… You made me feel free. ⸻ [PRE-CHORUS — EMOTIONAL BUILD] You said, “Don’t worry.” I said, “How can I?” You said, “I got you.” And somehow… I survived. You gave me something solid when everything was gone. One voice through the receiver that kept me holding on. ⸻ [CHORUS — BIGGER ROCK DROP] I GOT YOU! You said it— AND YOU MEANT IT! When the whole world left me, YOU WERE STILL THERE! I GOT YOU! Four years in the dark! One voice through a telephone kept alive my heart! I GOT YOU! Maybe love changed… Maybe life moved on… But what you did for me can never be gone! ⸻ [TRANCE BREAK — VOCAL LOOP] Don’t worry… I got you… Don’t worry… I got you… Four years… One promise… One voice… One heartbeat… [SYNTH RISE] And then— [MASSIVE DROP] ⸻ [VERSE 3 — EMOTIONAL RAP] I walked out believing we were finally free. Thinking all those prison years would lead you back to me. We talked about forever, we talked about a ring. I got engaged believing we could have everything. But eight months later… everything changed. Funny how you can survive a prison made of steel… Then lose somebody who taught your heart to heal. I’m not here to blame you. I’m not here to blame me. Some people stay forever. Some people set you free. But I’ll never erase what you did for me. You saw the man inside when nobody else could see. What we had may have ended, but the truth remains: You helped me find a future in the middle of the pain. [BRIDGE — CLEAN GUITAR / EMOTIONAL VOCAL] You weren’t just my lover. You were my lifeline. When I had no tomorrow, you gave me you & your time. And even though we changed, you’re not a stranger to me. The past is still a promise of who you helped me be. If you ever need me, you know where I’ll be. Anywhere. Anytime