If You Ever Hear This

Verse 1
How can I wake in a house this still
When every corner remembers you?
Your laugh in the hallway, your coat on the chair
Now it’s just space I’m walking through

I tell myself this is what I chose
A quieter life, a different road
But no one tells you the cost of peace
Is learning to carry what you let go

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Pre-Chorus
And I don’t reach for your number now
I know where that leads, I know how it ends
But some nights I swear I still hear your voice
Like it’s waiting just around the bend

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Chorus
If you ever hear this, I hope you’re alright
I hope someone’s holding you close at night
I hope that the world feels lighter somehow
And you found what we couldn’t figure out

And I won’t call you, I won’t pretend
That we could just start it all again
But God, I’d be lying if I said I don’t care
If you ever hear this… I’m still there

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Verse 2
Seven years written into my bones
In the way I think, in the things I say
I’ve tried to outgrow the man I was
But you’re still a part I can’t erase

I’m getting stronger, I’m holding the line
I train, I work, I show up right
But strength don’t quiet a memory
When it finds you alone at night

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Pre-Chorus
And I don’t miss every part of us
There were storms I’d never return to
But I miss the way that it felt back then
When I didn’t have to learn to lose you

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Chorus
If you ever hear this, I hope you’re at peace
I hope all your heavy days have eased
I hope there’s a light where you now stand
And someone who truly understands

And I won’t call you, I know it’s done
We both walked away from what we’d become
But some part of me will always be there
If you ever hear this… I still care

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Bridge
Maybe we were just a moment in time
That stretched a little too far
Two different paths, two different lives
But you’ll always be where I started from

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Final Chorus
If you ever hear this, don’t turn around
There’s nothing left for us to find now
Just know that I meant every word back then
Even the ones we couldn’t defend

And I’ll keep moving, I’ll play my part
With your name still written somewhere in my heart
Not asking for more, not needing repair
If you ever hear this…
Just know I’m still here

metal, alternative rock