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If I Was | 23rd March 2015 (March 31 US & CA)
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If I Was

No Me, No You, No More

[Verse 1]
Streetlamps flicker with a violet glow,
I drift like mist where bitter cold winds blow.
Footsteps fade in echoes of a muted sound;
My shattered reflection remains unfound.

[Pre-Chorus]
I reach out, but the world won’t slow;
Names are lost in the undertow.
I speak, but silence calls instead—
A hollow voice inside my head.

[Chorus]
I’m a faded ghost, adrift in a haze where memories fray;
A forgotten name, confined in the maze of endless gray.
No refuge to call my own, no tender hand to guide my way—
I vanish into silence as time steals dreams away.

[Verse 2]
The city sighs beneath a mournful air;
Neon spectres wander with a vacant, distant stare.
Moments crumble like brittle leaves in disarray,
And I stand alone, swallowed by endless gray.

[Pre-Chorus – Variation]
I reach out, yet time remains unkind;
Every whispered name slips further from my mind.
I cry out, but the void replies instead—
An echoing sorrow deep within my head.

[Chorus]
I’m a faded ghost, adrift in a haze where memories fray;
A forgotten name, confined in the maze of endless gray.
No refuge to call my own, no tender hand to guide my way—
I vanish into silence as time steals dreams away.

[Verse 3]
The stars don’t whisper, and the night won’t speak;
Only silence lingers where every shadow grows weak.
I call for meaning, yet all light slowly decays—
Like clockwork hands that keep slipping, erasing the days.

[Bridge]
My reflection shatters on glass so thin—
A faded shadow sinking deep within.
Each breath unspools like silk undone,
While neon ghosts weep under a dying sun.

[Chorus – Variation – Final]
I’m a faded ghost—was I ever truly here?
No hand calmed the ache of my perpetual fear.
As darkness consumes me and silence claims my soul,
We hide our deepest sorrows, too painful to control.

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"Faded Ghost" drifts through the neon-lit corridors of memory, loneliness, and the quiet erasure of self. Wrapped in lush progressive rock textures and cinematic atmospheres, it blends baritone vocals, haunting piano lines, and precise guitar interplay into a spectral journey through identity and loss.

This track captures the feeling of walking through violet fog—alone but surrounded by echoes. It’s a meditation on impermanence, where moments crumble like ash and every dream slips further from reach.

“Faded Ghost” is not just a song—it’s an emotional landscape you can wander.

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Genre: Progressive Rock
Key: E♭ Major
Tempo: 147 BPM
Time Signature: 4/4

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Artist: Kareem Tyler 
https://www.instagram.com/tylercraftsart

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