Sunrise (slowed - Reverb)

Leo took a deep breath, the cold morning air stinging his lungs. He wiped a stray tear from his cheek with the back of his hand and turned the key in the ignition. The engine groaned to life. He didn't know where he was going next, but as the sun climbed higher, chasing away the shadows of the neon city, he knew he had to keep moving.

The lyrics fought through the thick fog of the reverb. Leo closed his eyes. In the darkness of his mind, he wasn't sitting on a cold metal hood in the desert. He was back in Maya’s apartment, bathed in the warm, golden glow of a late afternoon sun. She was laughing at a stupid joke he made, her hand resting lightly on his forearm. SUNRISE (SLOWED REVERB)

The rain had stopped hours ago, but the city still bled neon onto the wet asphalt. Leo sat on the hood of his beat-up sedan, parked on the edge of the overlook where the grid of the city met the vast emptiness of the desert. The glowing digital clock on his dashboard read 4:32 AM. Leo took a deep breath, the cold morning

Leo was running from a choice he had made exactly twenty-four hours ago—a choice that cost him the only person who ever truly looked at him and saw someone worth saving. Maya was gone, leaving nothing behind but the ghost of her perfume and a collection of cassette tapes he could never bring himself to throw away. He didn't know where he was going next,

The edge of the sun finally cracked over the distant mountains, spilling a blinding, raw orange light across the desert floor. It struck the windshield of Leo's car, illuminating the empty passenger seat where Maya used to sit.