INTRO
[single muted guitar note • room noise]
I don’t hate you.
I just don’t need you.
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VERSE
You talk loud when the room is full
Say my name like it’s yours to pull
You disappear when it gets real
I don’t chase what I can’t feel
I learned young
Silence stays
People leave
That’s okay
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HOOK (NO PRE-CHORUS)
No friend
Say it slow
Hands empty
Still I go
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CHORUS
No friend, no call, no “how you been”
I don’t miss what I never had
If I stand here alone again
I’ll be fine — I always am
[drop instruments last line]
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VERSE 2
You love me when I’m doing fine
Disappear when I draw the line
Every promise came with terms
I don’t touch what burns
I don’t fold
I don’t beg
I don’t bleed
For respect
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HOOK
No friend
Cut it clean
No last words
No scene
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CHORUS
No friend, no lies to defend
No fake love in my hand
If the night doesn’t understand
I’ll outgrow it, not bend
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BRIDGE (SPARSE / SPOKEN)
I don’t need a crowd
To feel tall
I don’t need a name
At all
[pause]
Being alone
Never lied to me.
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FINAL CHORUS (LOWER, CALMER)
No friend, no echo back
Still breathe when the room goes black
If this path is all I get
I won’t break — I’ll adapt
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OUTRO
[guitar stops]
No friend.
Still standing.