Echo

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The echo.. echo.. echo.. of these empty halls..
Footsteps echo.. echo.. echo.. off these arching walls..
It echos.. echos.. echos.. in my mind...
For there's no one here but me.. me.. me...
I've locked myself in the darkest corner and threw away the key.. key.. key...
It echos.. echos.. echos... more and more.. and more...
It echos.. echos.. echos... the farther down you go.
The echos are alive... alive!
They call to me... me?
There coming to get me... me!
I cannot see them coming... coming!
My heart has started thrumming.. thrumming...
His footsteps ta-tap.. ta-tap.. fallow mine mine..
Every tick.. tick.. tick.. tock of time...
He's coming for me... me!
Coming for me.. me... coming for you...
What!? ...who's there? ...there?
Where are you? ...where?
Its no longer safe in my dark room.. room.. room..
Not from Echos doom... Doom... DOOM!
How do I escape.. skape.. ape...
Escape my fate.. fate.. fate...
I claw.. claw.. at the door.. door..
I claw the floor.. floor.. floor...
Echo is coming.. coming.. coming..
Echo is coming... coming... coming...
There's a grate in the floor.. floor.. floor..
I pull it up and drop down to a lower floor.. floor.. floor..


I look up; the hole is gone -what have I done? ..done ..done...
I'm no longer safe.. safe.. Echo will come.. come.. come...
Echos bounce off the walls as I run.. run... RUN!
In the echos I start to drown.. drown... drown!
I have to get out -up! ..but the stairs lead down.. down.. down!
Its.. its.. dark.. dark.. the echos grow great.. great.. great...
I. fear it may already be to late.. late.. late...
I.. I.. don't know what to do.. do...
How to brake through? ..through?
I have to get through... through...
Echo is coming... coming...
Echo is coming... coming... coming...
My breath catches... catch...
"Where are you?" You!

Run.. run.. run... little one...
Run.. run.. run... terrified one...
Run.. run.. run... abandoned one...
...Run... ...run... ...RUN!!!

How did it come to this? ...this?
What did I miss? ...miss?
I turn the corner; he fallows me... me?
What will it take to be free? ..free...
I.. I.. have.. have.. no idea.. you.. what to do -NOW!
"What?! ..what ..what ... ... ...
... ... ..."What?"
"Leave me alone!" ..alone ..alone ...
... "No."

Running.. running.. running...
Further down.. down.. down...
Running.. running.. running...
Down.. down.. down... down...

Echo.. echo.. now.. now..
Echo.. echo.. hunts me down... down...
Echos off the walls.. walls.. walls...
Echos down the halls.. halls.. halls...
Echo hunts me down.. down.. down...
Echo has me now.. now.. now...

"Leave me alone!"
"No.. no.. no..."
"NO!!!" ..no ..no ...
"Yes!" ..yes ..yes ...

...Hahaa ...Hahaha ..HA!


Echo

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