The Sound of What Never Was

[Intro: Sparse piano, deep reverb, a distant echo of wind]

[Verse 1]

A breath never taken, a step never made,

A door left untouched at the edge of the rain.

A name in the air, unsaid and unknown,

A song never sung, yet it chills to the bone.

[Chorus]

Can you hear it, the sound of what never was?

A whisper of silence, a shadow of cause.

It lingers between every word left unsaid,

The ghost of a choice that still turns in your head.

[Verse 2]

A hand never held, a letter unwritten,

A love lost in echoes before it was given.

A road that you dreamed but never did take,

Yet somehow it follows, like waves in your wake.

[Chorus]

Can you hear it, the sound of what never was?

A whisper of silence, a shadow of cause.

It lingers between every word left unsaid,

The ghost of a choice that still turns in your head.

[Solo: Haunting cello, blending into a distant, almost inaudible choir]

[Bridge]

Do the stars still shine for the dreamer who sleeps?

Do the rivers still run for the tears no one weeps?

Is there weight to the air where no footstep has passed?

Does a future still call if we let go too fast?

[Chorus: Softer, slower]

Can you hear it, the sound of what never was?

A whisper of silence, a shadow of cause.

It lingers between every word left unsaid,

The ghost of a choice that still turns in your head.

[Outro: The wind howls faintly. The final note on the piano is held—unresolved, fading into quiet.]

-- Pradeep K (Prady)

Style:

E Minor. Soulful ballad, cinematic elements. Deep cello, sparse piano. Expressive male vocals. Haunting, melancholic, reverent.