Keep my hands

Verse 1
I sat by the window counting passing trains [softly]  
Hours folded into years like paper maps [long pause]  
Promises came soft and left like rain on glass [distant echo]  
I learned to read the silence between your words [breath in]  
Waiting grew into a habit I could not shake [steady heartbeat]  
Hope kept knocking on a door that never opened [faint knock]  
I kept answering anyway, because I believed [whisper]

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Chorus
Long nights taught me how to keep my hands warm [warmth]  
Unkept promises stacked like unread letters on my shelf [rustle]  
I waited for a face that never turned back to me [empty space]  
In the echo of patience I found a new shape of myself [soft resolve]  
Not bitter, just quieter, with a steadier breath [calm]  
I became the man who knows how to stand alone [firm]

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Verse 2
You said tomorrow like it was a promise carved in stone [hollow tone]  
But tomorrows slipped through fingers like cheap sand [slip]  
I learned the language of excuses and polite goodbyes [muted]  
Built small routines to fill the hollow of your absence [habitual]  
Friends called me patient; I called it survival [dry laugh]  
Each unanswered call taught me how to close my palm [clench]  
And keep the pieces of my heart from scattering [hold]

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Bridge
There was a time I thought returning would fix the map [regret]  
That if I begged the clock to rewind, we'd find our way [plea]  
But time is honest in its cruelty and its grace [acceptance]  
It taught me to trade longing for a clearer gaze [shift]  
Now I measure worth by what I give myself [steady light]  
Not by the shadows of someone else's maybe [release]

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Chorus / Outro
Long nights taught me how to keep my hands warm [final warmth]  
Unkept promises stacked like unread letters on my shelf [closing book]  
I waited for a face that never turned back to me [last echo]  
In the echo of patience I found a new shape of myself [resolve]  
Not bitter, just quieter, with a steadier breath [soft exhale]  
I became the man who knows how to stand alone [door closes]

Cinematic Albanian-K-pop fusion; male vocals over airy pads, tight electronic drums, and bright synth leads