After the Long Night

Verse 1

The room was quiet, louder than the rain

Your name was echoing inside my pain

Pictures on the wall still knew your face

But you walked away, left an empty space

I tried to sleep but time stood still

Every breath felt like a broken will

I asked the dark if I’d survive

If love was ever meant to stay alive

Pre-Chorus

I wore my smile like a disguise

While tears learned how to hide

Every “I’m fine” was a lie

I whispered just to get by

Chorus

I thought the night would never end

Thought broken hearts don’t learn to mend

I held on even when I fell apart

With shaking hands and a tired heart

I didn’t know back then

The sun was waiting past the end

Verse 2

Days moved on, I stayed behind

Trapped inside an old rewind

Every song, every street

Carried memories of you and me

I blamed myself, I blamed the stars

Asked God why love cuts this hard

But pain has ways of shaping souls

Even cracks can make you whole

Pre-Chorus

I started breathing slow again

Found strength in “now” not “then”

Learned losing you wasn’t my end

Just a chapter, not my pen

Chorus

I thought the night would never end

Thought broken hearts don’t learn to mend

I held on even when I fell apart

With shaking hands and a tired heart

I didn’t know back then

The sun was waiting past the end

Bridge

Then one morning felt different somehow

The sky was clearer, I noticed now

I laughed and didn’t feel ashamed

For the first time, I said my name

I forgave you, I forgave me

Set my lonely heart free

What I lost was teaching me

How to love the right way, patiently

Final Chorus

The night didn’t last forever

I learned storms change the weather

Every scar became a sign

That I survived my hardest time

I smile now, not to pretend

But ’cause I found myself again

Outro

So if you’re standing in the dark right now

Thinking love forgot your sound

Just hold on—this I swear

The light is closer than despair