Before there’s nothing

Verse 1

I tell myself I’m over you
Like saying it makes it true
But you’re in the silence of my room
In every shadow I move through
I hold my breath just to forget
The way you say my name
I try to walk away from this
But I circle back again
I don’t recognize my own reflection now
I gave you parts I can’t get back somehow

Pre-Chorus (soft)

If I stay, I slowly fade
If I leave, I’m so afraid

Chorus

You need to leave
You’re tangled up in me
And I’m losing who I am
A little more each day
Please set me free
Even if it kills me
I’m disappearing piece by piece
And I can’t keep living this way
You need to let me go
Before there’s nothing left to hold

Verse 2

I don’t miss your touch at night
I miss how you made me feel
Like I was someone worth the fight
Like I was something real
But when you’re gone, I come undone
Like air’s been pulled from me
I hate that love and needing you
Feel like the same disease
I built my world around your heartbeat
Now I don’t stand on my own feet

[Pre-Chorus (whispered]

If I stay, I slowly fade
If I leave, I’m so afraid
Chorus
You need to leave
You’re tangled up in me
And I’m losing who I am
A little more each day
Please set me free
Even if it breaks me
I’m disappearing piece by piece
And I can’t keep living this way
You need to let me go
Before there’s nothing left of me

[Bridge (spoken / bare piano]

I don’t want this to be goodbye
I don’t want to feel this pain
I don’t want to learn your voice
Is something I can’t hear again
But loving you is losing me
And I can’t keep choosing that
So if I have to break my heart
To finally take it back
Then let it break.

[Final Chorus (restrained, cracked]

You need to leave
You’re still inside of me
And I’m fighting just to keep
What’s left of who I am
Please set me free
Even if I’m shaking
I’d rather hurt than disappear
Trying to hold your hand
You need to let me go
Before there’s nothing left…

Outro (soft, almost breath)
Nothing left of me.

Minimalist indie-pop / cinematic pop ballad with emotional build.male,Intimate, close-mic