Echoes in the Dark

   
   
Why does it feel like I’m lost again?  
Drowning beneath my thoughts again.  
Why can’t I seem to escape this chain?  
Every shadow feels the same.  
Why’s it feel like the ground’s giving way?  
Every move’s just a trap that I’ve made.  
Got my mind locked tight, like a cage of flames,  
Every step’s just a march through the pain.  
Neon lights hum with a haunting sound,  
Concrete walls feel like they’re closing down.  
Yeah, they close in slow  
And I know what it’s like to stand alone,  
In a war with a voice that cuts to the bone.  
Like a flame that burns but leaves no light,  
A voice that whispers deep in the night.  
It’s screaming loud from the depths of my chest,  
A battle fought but never blessed.  
Guess I’m caught in the dark,  
Lost in the haze,  
Stumbling through this maze,  
Through this maze    
It’s like I’m cornered, nowhere to turn,  
A fire inside that will always burn.  
It’s like I’m shouting, but no one hears,  
An empty void filled with all my fears.  
Every crack in the mirror’s a truth untold,  
A map of the wounds that I’ve let unfold.  
Every echo screams, “You’re not enough,”  
But the silence hits twice as rough.  
Keep my hands clenched, keep my heart locked tight,  
Can’t face the mask that hides in the night.  
It sneers when I falter, laughs when I break,  
A shadow that feeds on my mistakes.  
   
Like a thread that snaps but still remains,  
A voice that lives inside my veins.  
It’s pulling strings, it’s carving through,  
A ghost that knows it can’t lose.  
It’s like I’m cornered, nowhere to turn,  
A fire inside that will always burn.  
It’s like I’m shouting, but no one hears,  
An empty void filled with all my fears.  
Neon whispers, they tear apart,  
Draw my sins on the city’s heart.  
A rebel cry, but my voice is gone,  
Just me and the dark where I don’t belong.  
Every wound’s a lesson I can’t erase,  
Every scar’s a story I can’t replace.  
It’s like I’m cornered, nowhere to turn,  
A fire inside that will always burn.  
It’s like I’m shouting, but no one hears,  
An empty void filled with all my fears.  
Caught in the storm, can’t find my way,  
The sky cracks wide, but the stars won’t stay.  
Lost in the dark, no place to hide,  
A wanderer trapped in the void inside.  
 
Song : Echoes in the Dark    
Album: Sharpen Quills and Empty Wells  
All right reserved  
Copyright ©️ Malcolm Gladwin    
Lyrics: Malcolm Gladwin    
© 2025  
   
Recorded at Longhurst    
14-01-2025  
M Gladwin / M Turner    
Chris Zulko /B Barons