(Verse 1)
The notification pops up, a Snap from you
Just a random moment, nothing really new.
Every night I check the phone
But I feel so crowded and yet so alone.
I look at the history, the years that we burned
Asking myself how the things turned.
It’s a strange evolution, a twisted design
Blurring the edges of every single line.
(Pre-Chorus)
We climbed the ladder, we changed the features
From student and teacher
To friends then lovers, under the covers.
But the title didn't stick, the flame didn't light us
And back to supposedly 'fighters'.
Fighting the silence, fighting the tears
Fighting to salvage the last few years.
(Chorus)
One day we were saying 'I love you, babe'
A promise I thought that we were gonna save.
Then next, you said we have to part ways
Leaving me lost in this emotional maze.
Said you tried but never really felt the same
Like my love was just a flicker, a moth to your flame.
Now, even after all this time,
I still feel the pain.
(Verse 2)
The camera turns on, and I fix my hair
You’re sitting right there in your office chair.
We video call almost every single night
Pretending that we are perfectly alright.
My heart broke, I tried to patch it
I tried to lock the door and securely latch it.
But seeing you daily brings back the aching
A smile on my lips, but inside I’m breaking.
(Bridge)
It’s the specific feeling I have when I see your face
A memory of skin that I can't erase.
I want to hang up, but I need you to stay
I want to move on, but I can't look away.
I’m stuck in the loop of this digital gaze
And to stop it, I can't find the ways.
I really can't find the ways.
(Guitar/Piano Solo)
(A melancholic, sweeping instrumental section. It starts slow and tender, mirroring the friendship, then builds into a more chaotic, distorted sound to represent the confusion and heartbreak, before fading back into a soft, lonely melody.)
(Chorus)
One day we were saying 'I love you, babe'
A promise I thought that we were gonna save.
Then next, you said we have to part ways
Leaving me lost in this emotional maze.
Said you tried but never really felt the same
Like my love was just a flicker, a moth to your flame.
Now, even after all this time,
I still feel the pain.
(Outro)
"Goodnight," you say, and the screen goes black.
But there is no turning back.
We’re just fighters now, lost in the haze.
And to stop loving you...
To stop it, I can't find the ways.
(Silence)
YSN
