Soft Ach

Verse 1

It’s too hard, way too soon

The hallway still smells like your perfume

I turned the picture frame face down

But I still see you when I look around

Your coffee cup is in the sink

I haven’t washed it — I can’t think

If I erase you piece by piece

Does that mean I get some peace?

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Pre-Chorus

I hold my breath when someone says your name

Like somehow that will stop the pain

But silence only makes it loud

And I’m so tired of being proud

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Chorus

It’s too hard, way too soon

Your shadow stretches through this room

Every step I try to take

Still circles back to you

I’m smiling so they think I’m fine

But I’m breaking all the time

I don’t know who I am without

The love we left behind

I’m still here

In this empty space

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Verse 2

I scroll back to October nights

Where everything still felt alright

We didn’t know we’d lose the light

We just held on a little tight

You said forever like a promise

Now forever feels dishonest

And I replay your last “goodbye”

Like maybe I misheard it

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Pre-Chorus

I keep the door unlocked at night

Like you might change your mind

I know you won’t

But hope is cruel

It never knows when to die

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Chorus (Bigger, but not loud — emotional lift)

It’s too hard, way too soon

The air still tastes like you

Every little thing I do

Is haunted by the truth

I tried to pack your things away

But I just end up in the hallway

Sitting on the floor again

With memories I can’t escape

I’m still here

In this empty space

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Bridge (This is where people cry)

I thought I’d hate you by now

Thought anger would be easier

But missing you is softer

And somehow that’s crueler

If love was real

Why does it feel

Like I’m the only one still here?

Did you move on

Or do you pause

When our song appears?

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Final Chorus (Stripped. Almost no instrumental.)

It’s too hard, way too soon

And I don’t know what to do

With all the love I still have

If it can’t belong to you

So I fold it into silence

Let it ache inside my chest

I’m learning how to live with it

But I haven’t learned it yet

I’m still here

In this empty space

(instrumental fades. One breath. Piano stops.)