🎵 “What Remains” – Ballad for a Female Voice
Verse 1
I used to drown my silence
In the bottom of a glass,
Laughing loud with strangers
Who swore the good times last.
But every night the music
Cut a little more inside,
And every toast I lifted
Was a truth I tried to hide.
Pre-Chorus
I thought I needed all of them
To feel like I belonged,
But the brighter that the party burned
The more it felt so wrong.
Chorus
When I laid the bottle down
The crowd just disappeared,
All the faces that I called my friends
Faded into fear.
But in the quiet after
I found something in the pain—
A strength I never knew I had,
And that is what remains.
Verse 2
The nights grew cold and empty
In a way I hadn't known,
No cheers to hide behind now,
Just me and me alone.
But in that lonely mirror
I saw someone worth the fight,
A heart that beat for living,
Not just making it through the night.
Pre-Chorus
I used to tremble at the thought
Of walking on my own,
But healing is a gentle voice
You only hear alone.
Chorus
When I laid the bottle down
The crowd just disappeared,
All the faces that I called my friends
Faded into fear.
But in the quiet after
I found something in the pain—
A strength I never knew I had,
And that is what remains.
Bridge
Maybe losing them was mercy,
Maybe leaving was the key.
I traded empty conversations
For the chance to finally breathe.
The world is softer now,
The mornings feel like grace—
And I’m learning how to love again
In this sober, sacred space.
Final Chorus
When I laid the bottle down
The crowd just disappeared,
But the truth that rose inside of me
Is the one I hold most dear.
'Cause in the quiet after
I found more than I explained—
A life that’s finally beautiful,
And that is what remains.
RAi
