Already dead

Every one leaves

But they don’t want me to leave them too

Like my name’s something nobody wants to hold

You hollow me out, i welcome to my home

Then leave me here all alone

But if I drift off, if I loosen my grip—

You panic, like I’m something you need to keep

I got a gun to my head

Yall beg and plead

Then vanish like I was a temporary fix

But God forbid I try doing the same

You chain me to ghosts while you walk away clean

So I stay… even when part of me dies

I Bite my tongue till it starts to show

I learn how to die without making a sound

Just to keep you all around

Everyone leaves me

But they still come back when they bleed

Like I’m something they need

I let you live inside my chest

Now I’m a grave with no rest

I stitched up your chaos with parts of my soul

Now I’m unraveling out of control

I gave you a home in the pit of my chest

Now it echoes your name like a sickness that spreads Don’t ask me to stay if you’re halfway gone

Don’t call this love if it feels this wrong

Don’t say my name like it means a thing

If I’m just another cut you don’t feel

I swallow my voice just to keep you near

Turn pain into something you wanna hear

I tear out pieces, I make them yours

Now I don’t know what I’m living for

Everyone leaves me…

So I stopped trying to stay

Started fading away

And the worst part is…

No one even noticed

I was already dead