(Atmospheric alternative-rock / cinematic ballad)
[Verse 1]
I wear your absence like a second skin,
A quiet ache beneath my ribs.
The moon hangs low—
It knows the weight
Of names we never fully give.
You found the places
No one else had seen,
Turned every fracture into grace.
Now every echo sounds like you…
Waiting…
[Pre-Chorus]
If hope is holy,
Then let it haunt me.
If love is fleeting,
Let mine remain.
I’ll leave the light on…
Justin case.
[Chorus]
Justin case
The tide remembers where we began.
Justin case
Your heartbeat still knows mine by hand.
If every constellation
Finds its place above,
Then maybe every road
Still bends toward us.
I’ll leave the door unlocked…
Justin case.
[Verse 2]
It’s just in the silence
Where your voice survives.
Just in the spaces
Between goodbye
And “one more night.”
Just in my dreams,
You’re never out of reach.
The dawn still steals you,
Morning after morning…
But I still wait.
[Pre-Chorus]
Call me a fool.
Call it devotion.
Call it whatever
Helps you sleep.
I’ll still leave the light on…
Justin case.
[Bridge]
If there is mercy
Hidden in the dark,
Then let it find
The hollow in my chest.
If there is fate,
Let it speak your name
Louder than
The distance ever could.
(Instrumental swell)
If you’re breathing…
If you’re listening…
If your heart
Still remembers mine…
Come home.
[Final Chorus]
Justin case
Tomorrow forgets what it took from us.
Justin case
Heaven keeps unfinished things.
Every star I counted
Still burns the same.
Every prayer I whispered
Still sounds your name.
And I’ll stay…
Justin case.
[Outro]
(Everything fades until only piano remains.)
The porch light never was
For anyone else.
Every “just in time.”
Every “just in my dreams.”
Every “Justin case.”
I guess…
It was never
just in case…
It was always…
Justin.
