Survive

Intro (fragile, whispered, almost breaking)

I keep staring at the ceiling…

Asking Godd if I’m still breethen.

Every night I get this feeelin

But I’m still here, I guess, somehow alive.

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Verse 1 (soft, cracked voice)

I held your picture like it held my hand,

Spoke to the silence, but it won’t understand.

I traced your letters till my fingers bled,

Still hear your laughter inside my head.

The bed feels wider than an ocean wide,

Your ghost still sleeps on the other side.

I poured my soul into prayers and wine,

But nothing could bring back what was mine.

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Pre-Chorus (rising tension, tears in the voice)

Every scar is a chapter you left on meee

Every tear is a story they’ll never seee

I should’ve broken, I should’ve died,

But somehow the pain kept me alive…

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Chorus (soaring, devastating, trembling UK cadence)

🎶 How did I survive you?

How did I crawl through the fire you lit?

Every piece of me shattered,

And you walked away like none of it mattered. 🎶

🎶 How did I survive you?

Every night I swore it was the end…

But the heart you tore to pieces

Still beats and pretends. 🎶

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Verse 2 (confessional, choking back sobs)

I kept your sweater on the closet floor,

Still smells like the night you slammed the door.

I begged the walls just to talk me down,

But they echoed back every broken sound.

I wrote your name till the ink ran dry,

Wrote it in blood when the tears wouldn’t cry.

I built a coffin out of all my dreams,

And buried myself where no one could see.

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Pre-Chorus (building heavier, voice breaking)

Every scar is a chapter you carved on me,

Every scream is a secret I let bleed free.

I should’ve faded, I should’ve gone,

But somehow the hurt keeps dragging me on…

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Chorus (soaring, layered echoes, trembling)

🎶 How did I survive you?

How did I breathe when you took the air?

Every memory’s a dagger,

But I still wake up and you’re not there. 🎶

🎶 How did I survive you?

Every night I swore it was the end…

But the heart you tore to pieces

Still beats and pretends. 🎶

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Bridge (haunting, whispered with echoes)

Black stains on the canvas,

Red wine on the floor,

Empty bottles where love

Don’t live here anymore.

I screamed at the heavens,

But they just turned away…

Still I rise from the ashes

Of the hell you made.

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Final Chorus (explosive, choir-like echoes, soul-rending)

🎶 How did I survive you?

How did I crawl through the fire you lit?

Every piece of me shattered,

And you walked away like none of it mattered. 🎶

🎶 How did I survive you?

Every night I swore it was the end…

But the heart you tore to pieces

Still beats… still pretends. 🎶

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Outro (broken whisper)

Somehow I survived you…

But I’ll never be whole again.