

Prompt / Lyrics
(Intimate, spacious, tender. Older sister / protector POV — asymmetrical love. Not a blame song. Quiet grief + self-retained love. Theme: loving someone without access or resolution. Let the silence between lines do some of the work.) Verse 1 I was busy keeping you safe from the noise Learning the difference between fear and choice We grew up quiet, learned to behave I learned early how to be brave ⸻ Verse 2 We talked more when we got older But it always felt a little colder Years went by without a sound Still I kept you close somehow ⸻ Chorus I left the light on in the room we never talked in Said you’d come, I don’t know when I’m not angry, I’m just learning how to Love you without losing myself again ⸻ Verse 3 When I was breaking, barely here You said you’d come, I held that near Then silence settled in your place And I learned how absence has a face ⸻ Chorus I left the light on in the room we never talked in Door still open, heart still kind I’m not waiting, I’m just choosing Not to disappear to keep you in my life ⸻ Bridge Maybe you needed quiet, maybe I needed you Maybe we both did the best we knew how to do But I learned how to speak when you learned how to leave And now I’m fluent in things you don’t want to read ⸻ Final Chorus I left the light on in the room we never talked in Not as a promise, just a sign That I love you, but I’m learning How to be yours without giving up mine
Tags
Warm, Raw Female Alto. Barefoot Americana, Gospel And Blues With Heart, Dirt, And Grace. Intimate And True.
3:27
No
2/6/2026