chorus

[INTRO — soft guitar + rain in the background]

I watched you leave...
Even while staying...
And maybe...
I understood it far too late...

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[VERSE 1]

You said so much without a word,
And I pretended not to hear,
Believing time would somehow fix,
The cracks that I was creating here.

I left you alone with all your fears,
While hiding all my secrets deep,
And now the silence in this empty house,
Carries every word I couldn’t speak.

I remember your exhausted eyes,
Quiet cries disguised as strength,
But I was so lost inside myself,
I never saw this was the end.

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[PRE-CHORUS]

And now your scent still lingers
On the clothes upon the floor,
Like a ghost forever trapped
Inside my heart once more.

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[CHORUS]

You were there the whole damn time,
And I just couldn’t see,
Now every corner of my room
Still brings your eyes to me.

The books are still in place tonight,
But nothing feels the same at all,
Because after you walked away,
The silence turned brutal.

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[VERSE 2]

Maybe loving means to fail,
Hurting without meaning to,
And I was far too selfish
To notice what you were going through.

You became a song at midnight,
A muted voice, accumulated pain,
And I hear your absence screaming
In every memory that remains.

Now I understand your loneliness,
The storm inside your heart,
Because now I’m the one still waiting
For a message that never starts.

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[BREAKDOWN — dramatic instrumental]

If I could go back...
Maybe I would hold your hand,
Before my pride destroyed
Everything we still had left...

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[FINAL CHORUS — emotional/explosive]

You were there the whole damn time,
And I let you slip away,
Now I spend my nights
Talking to memories that stay.

And if someday you hear
This distant song somehow...
Just know I’m still searching for you...
Beyond my bookshelf now.

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[OUTRO — melancholic piano]

Some people only understand love...
When the echo of goodbye
Speaks louder than someone’s presence.

I watched you leave...
Even while staying...
And maybe...
I understood it far too late...

---

You said so much without a word,
And I pretended not to hear,
Believing time would somehow fix,
The cracks that I was creating here.

I left you alone with all your fears,
While hiding all my secrets deep,
And now the silence in this empty house,
Carries every word I couldn’t speak.

I remember your exhausted eyes,
Quiet cries disguised as strength,
But I was so lost inside myself,
I never saw this was the end.

---

And now your scent still lingers
On the clothes upon the floor,
Like a ghost forever trapped
Inside my heart once more.

You were there the whole damn time,
And I just couldn’t see,
Now every corner of my room
Still brings your eyes to me.

The books are still in place tonight,
But nothing feels the same at all,
Because after you walked away,
The silence turned brutal.

---

Maybe loving means to fail,
Hurting without meaning to,
And I was far too selfish...
To realize that somehow,
I never truly noticed...
You were here...