SILVER IN THE SMOKE (Stevie Nicks energy) INTRO (soft guitar + airy pad) You won’t hold me… Not like that. VERSE 1 You found me where the wild things stay, Half in shadow, half in flame. Said my name like you knew it well— But you don’t know the stories I tell. You reach for me like I’m yours to keep, Like I don’t run where the dark runs deep. You want the light but you miss the cost— You don’t see what gets lost. PRE-CHORUS I don’t stay where I’m understood, I don’t love the way I should… CHORUS Silver in the smoke where you tried to hold me, Hands full of ghosts and a story you told me. You don’t love me — you chase what I am, And I disappear just as fast as I can. Silver in the smoke — I slip through your hands, You don’t get to keep what you don’t understand. POST-CHORUS (soft, echoing) Gone… before you know it… VERSE 2 You call me back like I might return, Like I don’t vanish when bridges burn. You want fire you can control— But I don’t answer to that role. I move like wind you can’t outrun, I fade like light at the edge of sun. You hold on tight but it don’t last— I was never built to stay fast. PRE-CHORUS You don’t see what I become, When the night and I are one… CHORUS Silver in the smoke where you tried to hold me, Hands full of ghosts and a story you told me. You don’t love me — you chase what I am, And I disappear just as fast as I can. Silver in the smoke — I slip through your hands, You don’t get to keep what you don’t understand. BRIDGE (ethereal build) If you follow, you’ll lose your way, If you catch me, I won’t stay. I’m the echo you can’t outrun— Gone before it’s begun. FINAL CHORUS Silver in the smoke… you tried to hold me… But I was never yours to keep… OUTRO (fading) Just a whisper… In the dark.