Where You Don’t Come Back

**Verse 1**
I still leave the hallway light on
Like you’re lost somewhere between
The version of us I remember
And the truth I’ve never seen

Your sweater’s hanging by the door
I tell myself I’ll move it soon
But I don’t trust what happens
When this house stops making room

**Pre-Chorus**
If I let the dust settle
If I let the air clear
There’ll be nothing left of you
In here

**Chorus**
You’re not coming back
I know that now
But my hands still shake
Like you’re around

I talk to the dark
Like it’s you somehow
And every night I let you go
But you don’t let me down

If love was enough
You’d still be here
Now it’s just me
And what we were

**Verse 2**
I memorised your breathing
So I wouldn’t sleep alone
Now the silence feels heavier
Than anything you’ve thrown

I replay every goodbye
Like maybe I missed a sign
Some hidden door I didn’t see
Some way to change your mind

**Pre-Chorus**
But hope’s a quiet killer
It doesn’t scream or fight
It just keeps you waiting
Every night

**Chorus**
You’re not coming back
I taste it in the air
Every promise we made
Is hanging there

I reach for your voice
But it isn’t anywhere
And every morning proves again
You don’t care

If love was enough
We wouldn’t end
Now I’m learning how
To live with it

**Bridge (barely above a whisper)**
I don’t blame you
I don’t blame me
Some things fade
Without a reason

I would’ve stayed
Through anything
But you were already leaving

**Break (subtle swell, restrained emotion)**
If I see you in a dream
Don’t wake me up
Let me believe
Just long enough

**Final Chorus (stripped, fragile)**
You’re not coming back
I finally understand
But that doesn’t stop
My shaking hands

I’ll carry your name
Like it’s all I have
Not because I think you’ll return
But because you never did

**Outro**
The light’s still on
But I won’t wait
I just don’t know
How to turn it off

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Shoegaze, dream pop, alt post metal/post rock, ambient, soft clean vocals, low baritone/high mid range cleans, harmonies