**(Verse 1)**
The house is too quiet now, the air is thin and cold
I walk through empty rooms, retracing stories told
I search for fingerprints, a shadow on the wall
A single solid anchor so I don't lose it all
Because the picture that I painted, I hung it up so high
But the canvas is blank now, beneath a questioning sky.
**(Pre-Chorus)**
My friends said I was glowing, you always felt like fate
But the light went out so quickly, and now I stand outside the gate.
I need a single witness, a piece of concrete proof
To stop this voice that whispers, right underneath the roof.
**(Chorus)**
*Tell me, was it real?* That late-night conversation?
*Was it real?* That flicker of elation?
The promises you whispered, the warmth inside your hand—
**Was any of it grounded, or was it all just in my head?**
Did I invent the moment, the way you looked at me?
Did I imagine every single vulnerability?
Because if you can walk away and leave no trace behind,
Then the person who loved you was the only one who was blind.
**(Verse 2)**
I check my phone for pictures, a timestamp on a text
A little digital evidence of what was coming next
But the smile you gave me faded, the meaning's turned to dust
Now every memory feels like a faulty form of trust.
I try to re-read your motives, I try to find the thread
That ties the man I saw to the cold words that you said.
**(Pre-Chorus)**
My friends said I was glowing, you always felt like fate
But the light went out so quickly, and now I stand outside the gate.
I need a single witness, a piece of concrete proof
To stop this voice that whispers, right underneath the roof.
**(Chorus)**
*Tell me, was it real?* That late-night conversation?
*Was it real?* That flicker of elation?
The promises you whispered, the warmth inside your hand—
**Was any of it grounded, or was it all just in my head?**
Did I invent the moment, the way you looked at me?
Did I imagine every single vulnerability?
Because if you can walk away and leave no trace behind,
Then the person who loved you was the only one who was blind.
**(Bridge)**
I need you to confirm it, just once, before you go:
That I wasn't just hallucinating the truth that I thought I knew.
Because the pain I'm holding now is the *proof* that I believed it—
And you can't take the feeling away, just because you never really meant it.
**(Outro)**
Was it real?
Just tell me where the line was...
(Fade out on an echoed whisper)
*In my head... in my head...*
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