Where You Did Not Return

Verse I

They said you stood when all fell back,

That fire bent and steel obeyed,

That even death grew patient there

And learned your shape, your weight.

They told me how the field went still,

How dragons would not land—

But none of them could tell me why

You never took my hand.

Chorus

I loved you in the space between

Your footsteps and your name,

In every silence you carried home

Smelling of smoke and flame.

You never promised me tomorrow,

You never learned how to stay—

And I loved you anyway…

Even as you walked away.

Verse II

You looked at me like something warm

You dared not bring to war,

Like rest was a temptation

You could not afford.

I learned your pauses, not your words,

Your distance, not your touch,

You gave the world your everything—

And I loved you

Just as much.

Chorus

I waited where the ravens flew,

Where the banners should have come,

Counting hours like they were prayers

That went unanswered, one by one.

They sang of wolves and iron will,

Of courage no one could outface—

But none of them sang of the girl

You left behind

In an untouched place.

Bridge

Did you think love would weaken you?

Did you fear I’d ask you to kneel?

I would have stood beside the fire

And learned the weight you feel.

You carried the realm on your shoulders

But never let me try—

You died believing you were alone,

And I lived knowing

That was a lie.

Verse III

They say they found your armor still,

Facing where the foe had fled,

As if you paused only for breath

And not because you were dead.

Sometimes I dream you’ll turn around,

Step free of ash and flame—

But dawn arrives like it always does,

And never speaks your name.

Final Chorus

I will not curse you for your choice,

Nor beg the gods to lie,

You loved the world the only way

You knew how to try.

But if there’s truth beyond the fire,

If wolves still walk unseen—

Remember there was someone here

Who loved the man,

Not the legend in between.

Outro (soft, breaking)

They say the flame endures.

I believe them now.

Because something in me

Is still burning…

And you

Never came back to put it out.