[Verse 1 – Zach Bryan style]
You said, “I only raise my voice ‘cause I care”
But love don’t sound like shattered air
She was just a kid tryin’ not to cry
Took your rage and dressed it up in why
[Chorus – Bon Iver style, soft intro]
[Soft falsetto, gentle harmonies, ambient textures]
She calls it love, when it cuts her skin
Says “he means well,” lets the hurt back in
'Cause it feels like home, like the storm she knew
She don’t run...
She learned that from you
[Verse 2 – Zach Bryan style]
You’d slam the door, then say, “That’s life”
Like lessons come with blood and strife
And she learned fast to hold her tongue
To find affection where the hurt’s begun
[Chorus – Bon Iver style, slightly fuller]
She calls it love, when it makes her small
Still finds comfort in the push and fall
She traces fire like it’s somethin’ true
She stays...
She learned that from you
[Verse 3 – Zach Bryan style]
Now she’s out there, thinkin’ pain is grace
Letting rough hands hold her face
Mistakes his silence for somethin' deep
Like the quiet you gave her when she’d weep
[Chorus – Bon Iver style, final emotional lift]
She calls it love, when it feels like pain
Builds her house in the pouring rain
She knows it hurts, but she stays right through
'Cause it’s all she’s known...
And it looks like you
[Bridge – Bon Iver, ambient interlude]
[Soft loops, abstract phrases fading in/out]
Kindness cracked like glass...
Warmth beneath the bruise...
What she thinks is love...
Is just a shade of you
[Final Chorus – minimal, haunting]
She calls it love...
But it’s something cruel
It hurts like home
It looks like you
Outro – Spoken Word / Whispered over ambient fade]
You taught her storms were love
Taught her to stay quiet when it hurts
To forgive the fire
To welcome the ache
Now she calls it home
When it feels like breaking
She stays
Even when she’s burning
Because that’s what you showed her
Love was
[Sound fades… just the echo of breath and maybe a faint melody line trailing off]
