Verse 1 – Her (hurt, controlled)
I miss you…
Not just your name lighting up my phone
But the way you said “forever”
Like you knew we’d make it home
Now every room feels different
Like love just packed and left
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Verse 2 – Him (defensive, layered with guilt)
You think I left you careless
Like I didn’t feel it too
Like one bad night erased
Everything we built was true
But loving you was never
Something I regret
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Pre-Chorus – Overlapping
Her: One bad day, one bad fight
Him: It wasn’t just that night
Her: You let go so easy
Him: I was barely holding tight
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Chorus – Collision
Her (full voice):
I don’t want to start over!
I don’t want somebody new!
I don’t wanna learn another heart
The way I learned you!
Him (cutting through):
It wasn’t that I didn’t love you!
It wasn’t someone new!
I was drowning in forever
And didn’t know what to do!
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Verse 3 – Her (angrier)
Don’t tell me it was pressure
Don’t tell me it was fear
You were holding my whole future
Then you disappeared
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Verse 4 – Him (raw)
You wanted us unshaken
I felt the cracks beneath
I was terrified of failing
Everything you saw in me
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Pre-Chorus – Rapid Fire
Her: Love doesn’t leave without a reason
Him: Fear can look just like goodbye
Her: So what got you so scared?
Him (shouting): Loving you meant I had to try!
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BRIDGE – Brutal Truth
(Music drops. Just piano. Almost spoken.)
Her:
Did you ever really see a life with me…
Or was I just the right now?
Him (stung):
How can you say that?
Her:
Because forever doesn’t run
The second it gets loud.
Him:
You think I wanted silence?
You think I wanted space?
I left because I felt myself
Starting to lose my place.
Her (voice breaking):
I was building something steady.
Him:
And I was scared I’d tear it down.
Her:
You didn’t give me the chance to stay.
Him (quiet, devastating):
I didn’t think I deserved to.
(Silence.)
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Final Chorus – Not Explosive… Fractured
Her (softer now):
I don’t want to start over…
Him:
I don’t want to lose you…
Her:
I don’t want someone else…
Him:
I just don’t know how to choose you…
Together (not belting — aching):
We don’t want a different future
We don’t want a clean slate
But maybe wanting isn’t enough
When love is tangled in afraid
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Uncertain Outro – No Resolution
Her (almost whisper):
If I reach for you now…
Him:
I don’t know if I’d stay…
Her:
If you asked me to fight…
Him:
I don’t know if I’m brave…
(Long pause. No music.)
Together — barely audible:
We still love each other…
(Beat.)
But maybe that’s not the same
As knowing how
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