Close the Chapter

Verse 1

I learned how to carry silence like a name

Smile in rooms that never noticed when I bent

Held it together, did the math, stayed in my lane

They called it strength, I called it living half-spent

I slowed my breath, I named the ache

Stopped burning out just to feel okay

If I slipped, it wasn’t fate

I’m human, not what you made

Pre-Chorus

Peace don’t come from proving pain

It shows up when I walk away

Chorus

So I’m closing the chapter, not the book

Letting go of how it should’ve looked

I survived the nights no one knew

Still showed up, still pulled it through

I’m not bitter, I’m awake

I know what’s mine, I know what waits

2025, you played your part

I’m leaving lighter, leaving smart

Verse 2

Some goodbyes didn’t come with names

Some losses wore familiar faces

Dreams I outgrew, roles I played

Love that stayed but learned its place

I learned when silence speaks for me

When laughter keeps me from the deep

Some truths don’t need a scene

You just let them be

Pre-Chorus

I don’t chase closure anymore

Some doors don’t knock — they’re already closed

Chorus

So I’m closing the chapter, not the book

Letting go of how it should’ve looked

I survived the nights no one knew

Still showed up, still pulled it through

I’m not bitter, I’m awake

I know what’s mine, I know what waits

2025, you played your part

I’m leaving lighter, leaving smart

Bridge (half-time)

I don’t need permission to rest

Or proof that I did my best

I don’t owe pain another song

I stayed too long — now I’m gone

Final Chorus

I’m closing the chapter, not the book

This year taught me how to look

At myself with kinder eyes

At the future, no disguise

I forgive what couldn’t stay

Release what wasn’t mine to save

2025, you lit the spark

2026 — I choose the dark

(where stars are born)

Outro

Still here

Still breathing

Still becoming