

Prompt / Lyrics
[Verse 1] You said we needed distance Like air in a burning room I packed up every promise Left quiet in your perfume I kept all of your letters Folded in the same old drawer I’m grateful for the shelter But I’m sleeping on the floor [Pre-Chorus] Don’t ask me to pretend this doesn’t hurt Don’t ask me to defend the way it worked [Chorus] Please don’t try to change my mind I’m thankful for the days you gave me But I deserve a life Deserve a life Where I don’t have to fade to save me Space took all the fire from us Left me stranded in the dust I can’t love you just to barely stay alive I deserve to survive [Verse 2] (Male) You say you’re doing better You’re learning to breathe alone I replay every moment Like I could rewrite the tone I thought that giving distance Would somehow keep you mine But silence grew like ivy And wrapped around the line [Pre-Chorus] (Female) Don’t tell me that we almost got it right (Male) We lost each other slowly Out of sight [Chorus] Both: Please don’t try to change my mind I’m grateful for the love you gave me But I deserve a life Deserve a life Where staying doesn’t break or cage me Space turned our forever into rust Cracked the gold beneath the trust I can’t love you just to barely stay alive I deserve to survive [Bridge] (Female) You say “hold on” But you let go first We called it healing But it felt like a curse (Male) I reach for you You reach for the past We stretched our hearts ’til they snapped [Chorus] Both: Please don’t try to change my mind I’m thankful for the time you gave me But I deserve a life Deserve a life Where loving doesn’t have to erase me Space defeated everything we were Left an echo Just a blur I can’t love you if it means I lose my life I deserve to survive I deserve to survive
Tags
funk, Big, emotive pop-soul ballad with Adele-style drama, male and female vocals trading lines. Warm piano and organ, subtle funk guitar on the backbeat, rounded bass, and live drums that build from sparse to full. First verse intimate and close-mic, pre-chorus adds strings, chorus explodes with stacked harmonies and a gospel-leaning choir. Final chorus lifts a half-step, then drops to a vulnerable piano outro., r&b, soul, pop
3:52
No
4/5/2026