Never Will

[Verse 1]
I kept the ticket
From the train you missed
Folded corners
Like the life we wished
Your jacket’s hanging
On the same old nail
Dust in the sunlight
But the colors never pale
[Pre-Chorus]
Everybody tells me
“Let it fade
Let it fall”
But every time I breathe your name
I feel you in these walls
[Chorus]
I decided when my story ends
You never will
You’re the ink inside the scars that never quite heal
Every page I burn just makes your shadow real
I decided when my story ends
You never will
(you never will)
[Verse 2]
Coffee cup ring
On the nightstand wood
I leave it there
Like you always would
Talk to the ceiling
Like you’re gonna laugh back
Your ghost in a hoodie
Leaning in the doorway crack
[Pre-Chorus]
Everybody whispers
“Time will make you whole”
But you’re stitched into the lining
Of my t-shirt soul
[Chorus]
I decided when my story ends
You never will
You’re the ink inside the scars that never quite heal
Every page I burn just makes your shadow real
I decided when my story ends
You never will
(never, never)
[Bridge]
If I go quiet
You still shout in my veins
If I stop fighting
You rise up through the flames
Carved in the table
Scratched into steel
Your name
My promise
The only thing that’s real
[Chorus]
I decided when my story ends
You never will
You’re the ink inside the scars that never quite heal
Every page I burn just makes your shadow real
I decided when my story ends
You never will
(you never will)
(you never will)

rock, Modern metal / hard rock ballad: clean guitar arpeggios into a huge wall of detuned riffs and tom-heavy drums, male vocals starting intimate then exploding into raspy belts on the hook. Pre-chorus adds octave guitars and rising snare rolls, chorus widens with gang vocals and soaring lead lines. Bridge strips to half-time stomp, then a final full-band hit with sustained feedback., hard rock, metal