Wind, The 1st Demo

[Intro] [fingerpicked acoustic guitar, soft kick drum on beats 1 and 3] [Verse 1] [breathy baritone male vocals] All my tears [clean electric guitar swell] Come flooding through And all my fears Still echo you The wind comes But doesn't stay Just frames of love in disarray [Pre-Chorus] It brings no answer Just a tone That aches like marrow in the bone I've walked through paths I carved alone Made silence out of flesh and bone Believed that love could write the rules And traded gold for broken tools But in the end I stand alone And hear your wisdom in my own [Chorus] [full band enters, bass guitar, light shaker] I reach for meaning Find none still The wind drifts on It cannot fulfill [vocal belt] You left a quiet flame in me It burns where no one else can see It's not just loss, it's something more A hollow ache I can't ignore [Verse 2] [drums drop out, acoustic guitar and bass continue] I wander halls I once called home Where shadows curve And softly roam The walls still whisper your dear name Today it's yours, tomorrow not the same The mirror shows our lives apart I step alone with careful heart The wind bends low And steals my sight And carries nothing I can fight [Chorus] [full band, strings enter with legato pads] You left a quiet flame in me It burns where no one else can see It's not just loss, it's something more A hollow ache I can't ignore You left a quiet flame in me It burns where no one else can see It's not just loss, it's something more A hollow ache I can't ignore [Bridge] [piano enters with chord stabs, electric guitar solo with light overdrive] In the autumn of our time Farewell hums like fragile rhyme Your dignity holds fast and true As the wind brings me back to you, you [Chorus] [maximum intensity, belt vocals, full orchestration] You left a quiet flame in me It burns where no one else can see It's not just loss, it's something more A hollow ache I can't ignore You left a quiet flame in me It burns where no one else can see It's not just loss, it's something more A hollow ache I can't ignore [Outro] [instrumentation thins to acoustic guitar and bass] The wind moves on But I remain Among the echoes, love and pain Your quiet flame still hums in air A final chord that ends in prayer