Lyrics:

[Verse]
A flicker of gold in a sea of gray
It dances close then drifts away
The wind whispers secrets I can't keep
Life's a thief who never lets me sleep

[Prechorus]
It hands me a dream
Just to watch it fall
A moment of light
Then nothing at all

[Chorus]
Shadows of the smile
They haunt me still
A taste of joy
Then the bitter pill
Every step forward feels like a lie
But I’ll keep walking till the day I die

[Verse 2]
The sky paints promises it won’t defend
A sunrise that fades before it begins
The echo of laughter turns to a scream
Happiness feels like a cruel dream

[Prechorus]
It pulls me close
Just to let me go
A fleeting warmth in the freezing snow

[Chorus]
Shadows of the smile
They haunt me still
A taste of joy
Then the bitter pill
Every step forward feels like a lie
But I’ll keep walking till the day I die

[Bridge]
The flicker of gold always fades in the dust
I only walk forward on memory and rust 
This cruel dream keeps telling my feet to run
I’ll break the cycle or walk until I'm numb

[Chorus]
Shadows of the smile
They haunt me still
A taste of joy
Then the bitter pill
Every step forward feels like a lie
But I’ll keep walking till the day I die

Shadows of the Smile

Lyrics:

[Verse 1]
I let the darkness swallow us whole 
Watched your light fade like embers cold 
I spoke too much, but left the rest 
My hands were soft, my words were stressed

[Pre-Chorus]
Time’s a thief that stole my pride 
But left your shadow by my side

[Chorus]
Lost and found, we circle round 
A broken clock still makes a sound 
I lost you once, but not again 
This love will rise, a phoenix from the pain

[Verse 2]
The empty rooms where silence grew 
Still hold the ghost that lives in you 
Your name's a prayer I still repeat 
Each weary step pulls me to your heat

[Pre-Chorus]
I burned the bridge but saved the flame 
Can we renew the walls I broke in shame

[Chorus]
Lost and found, we circle round 
A broken clock still makes a sound 
I lost you once, but not again 
This love will rise, a phoenix from the pain

[Bridge]
I know the hands of time won't turn 
We have no promise left to earn 
But I can't leave this dying spark 
Or live my life inside the dark

[Chorus]
Lost and found, we circle round 
A broken clock still makes a sound 
I lost you once, but not again 
This love will rise, a phoenix from the pain

[Tag / Outro]
I lost you once, but not again 
This love will rise, a phoenix from the pain... 
A phoenix from the pain... 
This love will rise... 

Phoenix From the Pain

Lyrics:

[Intro - Modular Synth Arpeggio]

[Verse 1 - Female Lead, Introspective]
The city's sleeping in a coded blue
A glass reflection on everything we knew
We built a signal, a pulse in the static light
But every structure starts to rust in the night
You trace the lines on this circuit board of trust
Knowing the logic will inevitably turn to dust.

[Pre-Chorus - Female Lead, Building Intensity]
The wires are exposed now, the feedback is too loud
We can't hide this feeling in the artificial crowd
The frequency is shifting, beyond our control...

[Chorus - HOOK - Female Lead & Male Harmony]
(Female Lead)
You can't hold the color, the signal bleeds out
(Male Low Harmony)
Signal bleeds out...
(Female Lead)
It's the core of the circuit, the neon decay
(Male Low Harmony)
Neon decay...
(Female Lead)
It's a beautiful fracture, there is no way out
(Male Low Harmony)
No way out...
(Female Lead)
It’s the core of the circuit, the neon decay.

[Verse 2 - Female Lead, Focus on Duo Dynamic]
We move like ghosts in the cinematic scene
Chasing the light that's forever in-between
We share a secret, a counter-pulse in the beat
A perfect rhythm built for slow, eventual defeat
I see the fault lines running under your skin
You knew the moment that the failure would begin.

[Pre-Chorus - Female Lead, Building Intensity]
The wires are exposed now, the feedback is too loud
We can't hide this feeling in the artificial crowd
The frequency is shifting, beyond our control...

[Chorus - HOOK - Female Lead & Male Harmony]
(Female Lead)
You can't hold the color, the signal bleeds out
(Male Low Harmony)
Signal bleeds out...
(Female Lead)
It's the core of the circuit, the neon decay
(Male Low Harmony)
Neon decay...
(Female Lead)
It's a beautiful fracture, there is no way out
(Male Low Harmony)
No way out...
(Female Lead)
It’s the core of the circuit, the neon decay.

[Bridge - STRUCTURAL FRACTURE: Slow, Fragmented, Drone Section]
(Female Lead, Sparse)
Silence the metronome...
(Male Low Harmony, Distorted Whisper)
Let the pattern go...
(Female Lead, Sparse)
Watch the chromatic static...
(Male Low Harmony, Distorted Whisper)
It’s automatic...
(Female Lead, Slow and Haunting)
This is where the systems end.

[Chorus - Outro/Climax - Female Lead & Male Harmony, Song Rebuilds]
(Female Lead)
You can't hold the color, the signal bleeds out
(Male Low Harmony)
Signal bleeds out...
(Female Lead)
It's the core of the circuit, the neon decay
(Male Low Harmony)
Neon decay...
(Female Lead)
It’s the core of the circuit, the neon decay!
(Male Low Harmony, Fading Echo)
Neon decay... decay...

Neon Decay

Lyrics:

[Verse 1 - Male Lead, Intimate/Whispered]
I built a window out of atmosphere
To watch the slow miles turning into years
The signal froze right where the border ends
Just static proving where the journey bends
It's just the shadows of the silent things you keep
No pulse to measure just how deep the void can sleep.

[Pre-Chorus - Male Lead, Building]
And every word I sent into the black
Reflected off the point of no turning back
But then a movement, slight, beneath the tone...

[Chorus - HOOK - Male Lead & Female High Harmony]
(Male Lead)
There is no sound, no light, no steady drum
(Female High Harmony)
No steady drum...
(Male Lead)
Only the distance where the feeling has gone
(Female High Harmony)
Feeling has gone...
(Male Lead)
But the only proof that I'm not here alone
(Female High Harmony)
Not here alone...
(Male Lead)
Is the ripple you sent when you broke the stone.

[Verse 2 - Male Lead, Observing the Connection]
The water's dark, you can't see past the skin
But underneath the surface, where we begin
I feel the tremor moving slow and wide
Like memory pulling on the turning tide
I trace the concentric circles to their source
A phantom force reversing all the universe.

[Pre-Chorus - Male Lead, Building]
And every word I sent into the black
Reflected off the point of no turning back
But then a movement, slight, beneath the tone...

[Chorus - HOOK - Male Lead & Female High Harmony]
(Male Lead)
There is no sound, no light, no steady drum
(Female High Harmony)
No steady drum...
(Male Lead)
Only the distance where the feeling has gone
(Female High Harmony)
Feeling has gone...
(Male Lead)
But the only proof that I'm not here alone
(Female High Harmony)
Not here alone...
(Male Lead)
Is the ripple you sent when you broke the stone.

[Bridge - Duo Intimacy / Ethereal]
(Male Lead, Ethereal/High Female Harmony Counter-Melody)
A fragile circle in a fragile night...
A sudden tremor of residual light...
(Female High Harmony, Swelling)
You are here... you are here...
(Male Lead)
We don't need a map where the darkness is absolute.

[Chorus - Outro/Climax - Male Lead & Female High Harmony, Fully Expansive]
(Male Lead)
There is no sound, no light, no steady drum
(Female High Harmony)
No steady drum...
(Male Lead)
Only the distance where the feeling has gone
(Female High Harmony)
Feeling has gone...
(Male Lead)
But the only proof that I'm not here alone
(Female High Harmony)
Not here alone...
(Male Lead)
Is the ripple you sent when you broke the stone.


Ripples in the Void

Lyrics:

Vocal Dynamics: Female Lead (F) / Male Lead (M) - Both share primary melodic lines.

(Intro - Driving Rhythmic Synths meet Wide Ethereal Pads)

[Verse 1 - Traded Lines, Rhythmic]
(F) The system feedback is burning on the line
(M) Tracing the patterns that only we know
(F) We charted the limits of the architect
(M) Every solution built on granular salt
(Duo, near unison) We are the clockwork, we are the sound of the key
(F) But the system is calling
(M) It’s calling for me.

[Pre-Chorus - Duo, Building Tension]
(F) The chromatic display is starting to spin
(M) Don't ask where the process began or where it will end
(Duo, tight harmony) We breathe the signal, we absorb the heat...

[Chorus - HOOK - Duo, Unison/Complex Harmony]
(Duo, Rhythmic)
This is the cycle, the system's design
(M) The error is real
(F) This final chromatic sign
(Duo, Catchy)
It’s the pulse in the glass, it’s the circuit we draw
We are the echo of the system inside the wall.

[Verse 2 - Emotional Duality, Atmospheric]
(M) The terminal is where the waiting began
(F) The perfect structure of the future and mine
(M) I see the anxiety etched into the frame
(F) We’re only two notes repeating the same name
(Duo, near unison) We push the boundary, we live for the space in between
(M) But the silence is growing
(F) The truth is unseen.

[Pre-Chorus - Duo, Building Tension]
(F) The chromatic display is starting to spin
(M) Don't ask where the process began or where it will end
(Duo, tight harmony) We breathe the signal, we absorb the heat...

[Chorus - HOOK - Duo, Unison/Complex Harmony]
(Duo, Rhythmic)
This is the cycle, the system's design
(M) The error is real
(F) This final chromatic sign
(Duo, Catchy)
It’s the pulse in the glass, it’s the circuit we draw
We are the echo of the system inside the wall.

[Bridge - Harmonic Fusion / Transcendent]
(M, Low Register) The structure is gone, but the echo remains
(F, High Register) We break the cycle, we rewrite the names
(Duo, Building) We find the transcendent point where the light starts to fail
(F) And this is the beauty
(M) This is the final detail.

[Chorus - Outro/Climax - Duo, Fully Woven Harmony]
(Duo, Highly Rhythmic and Transcendent)
This is the cycle, the system's design
The error is real, this final chromatic sign
It’s the pulse in the glass, it’s the circuit we draw
We are the echo of the system inside the wall.

(Outro - Rhythms gradually intensify and fade into the wide ethereal pads)

Echo of the System

Phase Chroma is a high-concept duo occupying the luminous, melancholic space between Progressive Structure and Ethereal Art-Pop. Formed around a striking duality—precise, structural synth work meets vast, dreamy vocal atmospheres—the project exists to explore emotional resonance through meticulous design. Their music sounds like the aftermath of a beautiful, systemic failure. Tracks like the digitally fractured "Neon Decay" and the liquid, intimate vastness of "Ripples in the Void" showcase their signature approach: cinematic soundscapes where every layered texture and subtle metric shift is intentional. Phase Chroma doesn't just make music; they manufacture deeply felt sonic tension for the quiet, empty hours.

Echo of the System

Phase Chroma

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