The struggle and the silence

The Struggle and the Silence

Verse 1

For months I was nothing but a gasp of breath

A body fading away under the cold lamps

My family searched for a ray of light

In the deep yellow of my embroidering eyes

My mother meticulously arranged my silences

My father looked away, his teeth clenched

They could see I was leaving backwards

That each dawn was a surrender.

Pre-Chorus

And my friends called out, their voices alert

"Hang on, we're here, we won't give up"

Their worry was a blanket

That I carried like a weight, like a chill.

Chorus

Cirrhosis took me away

Despite all my inner battles

I did everything to fight it off

But it won, it climbed

My life like a dead tree

And all around, there was collateral suffering

My family, my friends, my fate

And that taste of failure in the hospital.

Verse 2

I followed the treatments until the end of the day

Drank pale water instead of red wine

I counted the hopes, went through the motions

Of these chems that were nothing but gouges

I wanted to believe the doctors' promises

In the beds remade for a new fight

But the weariness within me, like a sister

Whispered, "Too late, too late, it's all gone."

Bridge (fragile voice)

Today I think of them, of their falling eyes

Of my mother crying as she tidies my room

Of that friend who keeps a final message in his digital tomb

Cirrhosis took my life, but it shattered theirs

It's a war where the wounds aren't just for the heart

I tried, you know, I tried

But my body wouldn't listen anymore, it just wanted to rest.

Final refrain

Cirrhosis took me away

After months of resistance

I so wanted to stay

For your smiles, for your presence

But it won over my life

And I leave with immense regret

For having left behind, wounded,

Those I loved so deeply.

Outro (spoken, like a whisper)

I did everything. Truly everything.

But this disease doesn't negotiate.

Thank you for being there, thank you for being afraid for me. Now, there's just silence... and my name floating.