Only I Remember

[Verse 1]
You’re stirring tea in an empty cup
Talking to the chair like it talks back
Pills lined up like little white flags
You say
“They’re watching from the cracks”
[Chorus]
You say you’re scared of the dark
But the dark is inside you
You say I’m all that you’ve got
So I stay right beside you
If you’re going under
I’ll be the one who pulls you through
I’ll be the last thing you see
When the world forgets you
[Verse 2]
Windows taped
All the curtains pinned
You count my breaths just to “keep me safe”
You ask me
“Would you miss me if I slipped?”
Your hand on the handle of the balcony gate
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[whispered vocals]
They’ll call it a tragedy
They’ll blame it on the voices in your head
But your hands were shaking on my throat first
You begged me
“End it
End it
” in our bed
[low vocal register]
So I held you
Still as stone
Till the screaming in our walls went quiet
You didn’t jump
Didn’t fall
I chose the silence
I chose the riot
[Chorus]
[Outro]
[growing reverb
Then cut dry]
You say you’re scared of the dark
But the dark is inside me
They’ll say you slipped from my arms
Only I remember
How you stopped fighting
When I did the ending for you

Brooding alt-pop ballad over sparse, detuned piano and distant industrial hits. Low male vocals in the verses, almost spoken, with eerie reversed pads under the chorus. Sub-bass swells and filtered percussion creep in slowly, then drop out to a stark, chilling final line. Subtle distorted whispers and reversed breaths add unease; everything mixed dark and close.