**Verse 1**
You said you were leaving before you arrived
Like heartbreak was part of your name
I watched as the light in your eyes slowly died
And loved you the exact same
The walls started leaning, the floor gave away
But I called it a change in the tide
You packed all your shadows and left them to stay
Like ghosts I was meant to survive
**Pre-Chorus**
There were sirens under your breath
Every promise sounded like death
But I let them sing me to sleep
**Chorus**
You were a warning I memorized
A storm I refused to outrun
I knew that the sky would collapse on us
Still I said, “You’re the one.”
You burned like a house with the doors locked shut
And I laid on the kitchen floor
Now the smoke’s in my chest and it won’t clear out
And I don’t fight it anymore
**Verse 2**
You traced every bruise like it made you feel close
Like damage was something to share
We built something fragile from splinters and hope
And pretended the cracks weren’t there
You said, “Love is just pressure that pulls us apart,”
I said, “Maybe that’s what I need.”
So you tightened your grip around my breaking heart
And I thanked you for making me bleed
**Pre-Chorus**
Every fault line had your name
Every silence felt the same
Like the end before the fall
**Chorus**
You were a warning I memorized
A flood in the shape of a kiss
I felt every wave as it swallowed me whole
But I still leaned into it
You shattered the glass of the life we had
And I swallowed the shards for proof
Now I taste metal every time I breathe
And I call it loving you
**Bridge (soft, hollow)**
Maybe I don’t believe in better
Maybe I don’t believe in safe
Maybe I only feel alive
When something’s about to break
If peace is a quiet room
I’d rather the ceiling cave
At least in the falling debris
There’s something left to save
**Final Chorus (strained, cracked)**
You were the ending I saw ahead
But endings are all I know
So I stood in the path of your hurricane
And begged you not to go
Now the sky is clear but I can’t feel warm
There’s no one left to blame
Just the echo of sirens in empty rooms
And me whispering your name
**Outro**
Some people survive the wreckage.
Some people become it.
I think I was built
To stay in the ruins.
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HollowVotive
