Low Strings, High Scars

Bass strings hum like they know my name

Every note drips with what you left

I replay words that you never meant

Soft lies dressed up as promises

Cold nights talk when the lights go low

Your ghost still sleeps on my side of the bed

I hold my breath when your song comes on

Like silence might keep me from breaking again

I keep dancing with the pain you gave

In a room full of memories I can’t escape

Smile on my face, but my heart’s offbeat

Every step forward pulls me back to you

Low strings, high scars, playing me apart

Sad melody wrapped around my heart

Pop flow tears in a minor key

I move to the rhythm of losing you slowly

Bass violins crying what I won’t say

I loved you deeper than you stayed

Low strings, high scars—

This song’s the truth you never played

I wear brave like it fits my skin

But it slips every time your name comes up

You said “forever” like a passing trend

Now I’m stuck loving what wasn’t enough

Streetlights blur like my thoughts at night

Every road still leads to you somehow

I’m learning how to let go loud

But my heart only knows quiet now

I keep counting all the almosts we had

All the futures we were too scared to grab

If love’s a beat, then mine went slow

Still waiting on a drop you’ll never show

Low strings, high scars, playing me apart

Sad melody wrapped around my heart

Pop flow tears in a minor key

I move to the rhythm of losing you slowly

Bass violins crying what I won’t say

I loved you deeper than you stayed

Low strings, high scars—

This song’s the truth you never played

If you hear this, don’t call me back

Let the violins say what I can’t

I’m healing in half-time, broken but strong

Turning our ending into something I own

Low strings, high scars, fading to black

Sad melody but I won’t collapse

Pop flow pain turning into power

I survived every lonely hour

Bass violins still sing your name

But I’m finally learning to walk away

Low strings, high scars—

I lived through loving you this way

Strings go quiet, heartbeat stays

I’m not yours, but I’m okay.