Loud Echoes-Final

[Intro]
(Solo Hammond B3)

[Verse 1: Intimate, quiet]
The clock in the hallway
Stopped at eleven tonight
I wait for your voice
But it went silent tonight
Every corner of my heart
Holds the love that you’d share
But I’m talking to shadows
And they don’t care

[Chorus: Vulnerable, melodic twang]
It’s hard to be strong when the echoes are loud
Every turn I take
I hope I make you proud
So many things I wish I could say
But the wind carries them away

[Verse 2: Steady, building resonance]
So many things we’ve accomplished
That you’d be proud to see
I pick up the phone to call you
And remember you’re not here
Your advice still whispers
Soft in my ear
But the silence answers
And it’s too loud to hear

[Prechorus: Emotive, slight grit]
Time moves forward
It drags me along
But grief is a weight
And it's carried all wrong

[Chorus: Full band, driving rhythm, soaring fiddle, powerful vocals]
It’s hard to be strong when the echoes are loud
Every turn I take
I hope I make you proud
So many things I wish I could say
But the wind carries them away

[Chorus: High energy, emotive belt, Texas drawl]
It’s hard to be strong when the echoes are loud
Every turn I take
I hope I make you proud
So many things I wish I could say
But the wind carries them away

[Bridge: Stripped back, building tension]
(Music drops back to just drums and bass, building slowly)

I’d give my tears to have one more day
To show you my world
To hear what you’d say
The stars look brighter
But they’re so far
And I’m left here tracing where you are

[Outro: Soft, fading acoustic, tender baritone]
(Acoustic guitar returns to the Intro melody)
It’s hard to be strong when the echoes are loud
Every turn I take
I hope I make you proud
So many things I wish I could say
But the wind carries them away
(Fade out with a final fiddle pull)