Intro
F#m – A – E – D
(low piano or muted guitar, tape hiss)
Verse 1 (nearly whispered)
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Footsteps count me
A
Before I move
E
Every window
D
Feels like you
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Name erased
A
From the file
E
I’ve been gone
D
For a while
Chorus (vocals buried, barely there)
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How far
A
Do I disappear
E
Before the noise
D
Can’t hear me here
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How far
A
Until I’m thin
E
Enough to pass
D
Through anything
Verse 2
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Static answers
A
When I speak
E
Every truth
D
Sounds like a leak
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Hands stay clean
A
By staying slow
E
I don’t run
D
I let go
Bridge (instrumental focus — vocal fragments)
D
(murmured) stay low
A
(murmured) don’t look back
E
(breath only)
F#m
(words lost)
Final Chorus (drop drums, bass pulse only)
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How far
A
Do I disappear
E
Before I feel
D
Safer here
Outro
F#m – A – E – D
(last phrase unintelligible, cut tape abruptly)