Ten Years, Still Here

[Verse 1]
You said, "it's just a phase, don't overthink it"
Then you vanished like a call in a dead zone
Changed your number, changed the story, changed your reasons
Turned our history into something I "imagined" all along
You swore I twisted every word you gave me
Like I begged for every slammed door, every stone
Ten years of birthdays in the same old café
Now I'm talking to your empty chair alone
[Chorus]
You cut the line, I keep the vow
You burn the bridge, I'm standing now
In all this ash, I still see you somehow
Ten years of love, and I'm still here
You turn your back, I stay the same
You change the rules, I take the blame
Call me a fool, but I can't kill your name
Ten years of love
And I'm still here
[Verse 2]
You blocked my face on every little window
Told our friends I was the one who walked away
Said I wanted too much, that I was "crazy"
Funny how your bedtime stories always end that way
I reread old jokes like sacred scripture
Screenshot smiles just to prove you were real
You swing the axe, then say I'm being "dramatic"
But I still leave my heart where you can heal
[Chorus]
You cut the line, I keep the vow
You burn the bridge, I'm standing now
In all this ash, I still see you somehow
Ten years of love, and I'm still here
You turn your back, I stay the same
You change the rules, I take the blame
Call me a fool, but I can't kill your name
Ten years of love
And I'm still here
[Bridge]
Is mercy a mirror
Or a wound I won't close? (oh)
If I opened my hands
Would you ever come home?
You threaten, you vanish
I whisper, "it's alright"
I should let you go
But my heart just stays on your side
[Chorus]
You cut the line, I keep the vow
You burn the bridge, I'm standing now
In all this ash, I still see you somehow
Ten years of love, and I'm still here
You turn your back, I stay the same
You change the rules, I take the blame
Call me a fool, but I can't kill your name
Ten years of love
Yeah, ten years of love
And I'm still here (still here)

Slow-building alt-pop ballad with female vocals; intimate piano and soft pads in the verses, brushed percussion and warm bass entering at the first chorus. Big, aching hook with stacked harmonies and distant reverb tails. Bridge strips back to near a cappella before final chorus swells with wide synths, tambourine, and a soaring top-line ad-lib., female vocals