[Verse 1 – soft acoustic folk, intimate, breathy female vocal | 72 BPM | fingerpicked guitar, light room reverb]
I woke up tangled in the sheets alone,
Your side still warm but your shadow gone,
Coffee’s cold in a chipped white cup,
I made too much like you’d still show up
There’s a shirt of yours on my kitchen chair,
I don’t move it, I just leave it there,
Like if I pretend you’re running late—
You might still walk in anyway
[Verse 2 – same tone, slightly fuller guitar, subtle ambient pad | 74 BPM | soft layered vocals creeping in]
I walked downtown just to kill some time,
Passed that bar where you crossed that line,
Same old neon, same old song,
Funny how it still feels wrong
I catch myself in a store window glare,
Talking to you like you’re standing there,
People stare but I don’t care—
I’ve been alone with you everywhere
[Chorus – gentle lift, emotional swell, light percussion enters | 76 BPM | soft harmonies, warm bass undercurrent]
And I thought you were where I was going,
Not just somewhere I passed through,
I was building my whole world around you,
Like that’s what I was supposed to do
Now I’m sitting with words unspoken,
In a silence I can’t undo,
Guess I learned love don’t always mean
Someone was meant for you
[Verse 3 – stripped again, more fragile delivery | 73 BPM | guitar + faint piano notes]
There’s a crack in the frame by the bed,
From the night we threw words instead,
You said things you can’t take back,
Now they echo in every crack
I keep replaying the way you smiled,
Like I just misunderstood it all for a while,
Maybe love ain’t something you keep—
Maybe it’s just something you meet
[Chorus – fuller than before, more emotional weight | 77 BPM | stronger harmonies, deeper bass tone]
And I thought you were where I was going,
Not just somewhere I passed through,
I was building my whole world around you,
Like that’s what I was supposed to do
Now I’m sitting with words unspoken,
In a silence I can’t undo,
Guess I learned love don’t always mean
Someone was meant for you
[Bridge – very stripped, almost spoken, raw and exposed | 70 BPM feel | minimal guitar, vocal front and center]
Maybe I just loved you louder,
Maybe you just needed less,
Maybe timing’s just a thief
Dressed up like a second guess
[Final Chorus – soft but emotionally full, not explosive, just honest | 75 BPM | full gentle arrangement, lingering notes]
And I thought you were where I was going,
Not just somewhere I passed through,
I was building my whole world around you,
Like that’s what I was supposed to do
Now I’m learning how to hold me
The way I tried to hold you,
Guess sometimes love just teaches—
It don’t stay like you want it to
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