[Intro – Ambient Rain FX + Soft Piano + Whispered Voice]
(Rain pattering… wipers squeak… engine humming softly)
“I’m parked outside your gate… but it feels too damn late…”
“Hozier’s playing, but I can’t feel the song…”
[Verse 1 – Fragile, Low Register]
I came to fix what we let break,
But this ache is more than I can fake.
You were my world, I wore the mask,
Perfect on paper — afraid to ask.
Now the silence fills the car,
Ghosts of us in every scar.
I close my eyes, but I still see —
A version of who I thought I’d be.
[Pre-Chorus – Whispered, Tense Harmony]
I’ve been two halves stitched with shame,
Living under someone else’s name.
And now that truth begins to chase…
I can’t outrun this place.
[Chorus – Full Vocal, Layered Harmony]
I’m parked outside your gate,
With my heart in retrograde.
Torn between the past I claimed,
And someone else who knows my name.
Tears fall like the pouring rain,
One for love, and two for pain.
I wish I knew who I should be…
But I’m parked outside… your memory.
[Verse 2 – Melodic Climb, More Resolve]
There’s someone who sees the mess I hide,
No judgment — just the storm inside.
She never asked me to explain,
Just held the flame inside my name.
But your voice is in this car,
Faint like smoke but never far.
I thought I’d made a choice tonight —
But both feel like they’re right.
[Pre-Chorus 2 – Harmony Builds]
She’s fire, she’s truth, she’s wild and free,
You were quiet skies and history.
And I’m somewhere in between…
Breaking under what I mean.
[Chorus – Emotional Climax, Vocal Push]
I’m parked outside your gate,
But it’s me I can’t locate.
I loved you once — I still might —
But someone else holds my light.
I’ve been burning in two names,
Playing roles in different games.
I don’t know how to choose…
Either way, I lose.
[Bridge – Stripped Vocals, Sparse Piano]
Why does it hurt this much
To love, to break, to touch?
Why can’t I just be enough
Without pretending I’m tough?
One pulled me into peace,
The other set me free.
But maybe this isn’t about them —
Maybe it’s about me.
[Final Chorus – Downbeat, Raw & Honest]
I’m parked outside your gate,
But I can’t hold this weight.
I loved you once — I still might —
But I need to find my own light.
I’m not the man I used to be,
I’m letting someone in — finally.
So with shaking hands, I say…
I have to drive away.
[Outro – Rain Returns + Engine Pulls Away]
(Wipers squeak. Piano fades. Rain softens. Silence. Then the sound of tires over wet pavement… and gone.)