Not here

Intro (soft guitar, light hi-hat, distant violin swell)

Mm, yeah

Verse 1

Phone glow in a dark room, I keep scrollin’ through your name,

used to be the same laugh now it’s just empty frames.

Pavement remembers our footprints, I keep tryin’ to retrace,

but every road you walked away from leaves a silent space.

I say your name like a prayer, like I’m callin’ on the wind,

but the air comes back without you, like the nights I fell again.

Pre-Chorus

I swear I hear you in the hallway, whisperin’ like a bruise,

I learned how to stay awake 'cause sleep reminds me of you.

Chorus

You’re not here, no — just empty echoes in the mirror,

I’m talkin’ to the dark where your shadow used to live.

You’re not here, no — left me countin’ all the pieces,

I’ll keep callin’ out your name until my voice forgets to give.

Verse 2

Used to trade our secrets on the back of old receipts,

now the kitchen keeps your coffee cup and the silence keeps its heat.

I broke the promises like cheap glass, tried to tape the cracks,

now I’m chasin’ recollections that keep comin’ back.

You said forever like a promise, now it sounds like a word I owe,

I’m learnin’ how to miss you and how to let you go.

Pre-Chorus

Lights low in this rental heart, every room’s a ghost town,

I keep waitin’ by the doorway like you might come back around.

Chorus

You’re not here, no — just empty echoes in the mirror,

I’m talkin’ to the dark where your shadow used to live.

You’re not here, no — left me countin’ all the pieces,

I’ll keep callin’ out your name until my voice forgets to give.

Bridge (restrained violin, heartbeat snare)

Maybe I was loud when I should’ve learned to stay,

maybe I burned bridges while I prayed they’d never fade.

If regret could build a bridge, I’d cross it to your side,

but I keep lookin’ at the water and you’re nowhere in the tide.

(soft) I hope you find a morning that don’t taste like me,

I hope the sun you chase don’t have my memory.

Breakdown (bare guitar, whisper)

I still keep your jacket in the back of my car,

I still see your silhouette in every passing car.

It’s a hollow kind of ache that I don’t know how to steer,

I’m talkin’ to the space where you’re not here.

Final Chorus (build — drums and violin rise)

You’re not here, no — just empty echoes in the mirror,

I’m talkin’ to the dark where your shadow used to live.

You’re not here, no — left me countin’ all the pieces,

I’ll keep callin’ out your name until my voice forgets to give.

You’re not here, no — but I still feel you nearer,

in the quiet of the night when the silence starts to breathe.

You’re not here, no — I’m learnin’ how to clearer,

walkin’ through the echoes, tryin’ to set you free.

Outro (guitar and violin fade)

Mm — you’re not here, you’re not here,

but your echo keeps me near.