Lanterns In The Fog - 1 (Indie folk ballad)

[Intro - Fingerpicked acoustic guitar solo in D-minor, gentle strumming]

[Verse 1]

The road bends quiet, no signs to read,  

Lanterns in the fog, they flicker and bleed.  

A whisper of footsteps, a shadow of rain,  

The night keeps its secrets, but calls out my name.  

[Chorus]

Carry me slow, through the silence untold,  

Where stories are written in silver and gold.  

I’ll follow the lanterns, wherever they go,  

Through valleys of memory, through rivers that flow.  

[Fingerpicked acoustic guitar solo in D-minor, gentle strumming]

[Verse 2]

The stars are scattered, like pages torn,  

Each one a promise, each one reborn.  

I walk with the echoes, I walk with the flame,  

The fog is a curtain, but I play the game.  

[Chorus]

Carry me slow, through the silence untold,  

Where stories are written in silver and gold.  

I’ll follow the lanterns, wherever they go,  

Through valleys of memory, through rivers that flow.  

[Solo acoustic guitar riff in D-minor, restrained]

[Bridge]

And if the dawn forgets my face,  

I’ll leave my song in this quiet place.  

Lanterns will guide me, steady and true,  

Through fog that remembers, through skies that renew.  

[Outro]

Carry me slow… carry me slow…  

Lanterns in the fog, they already know.

[Gentle acoustic guitar fade in D-minor]

-- Pradeep K (Prady)

Style 1: 

An indie-folk ballad in D-minor, with acoustic guitar strumming and subtle violin layers. Tempo is steady and restrained, evoking a cinematic journey through mist. Rich, gravelly male vocals deliver the lyrics with intimacy and resonance, carrying both vulnerability and strength.