[Verse 1~>quiet, fragile, almost numb]
I kept you breathing in a back room of my mind
Fed you silence, called it time
Told myself you’d circle back
Told myself I didn’t crack
I wore your name down to the bone
Made a home out of alone
Every year I let it grow—
God, I should’ve let you go
[Pre-Chorus~>tight, restrained]
I rehearsed this moment every night
Every word, every line
[Chorus~>break—emotion floods out]
Then your name lit up my phone—
I swear I almost dropped it
Heart like it was years ago
Like somehow I could stop it
I couldn’t breathe, I couldn’t see
Everything came back to me
I thought you finally broke the silence—
…yeah, I thought you’d come find me
[Verse 2~>crack in reality, confusion → anger]
But it wasn’t you
No—it wasn’t you
Just some stranger in your skin
Talking like he’s let inside
Like he gets to wear your name
Like it doesn’t mean a thing
Like he didn’t just dig up
Everything I tried to hide
[Pre-Chorus~>voice rising, unstable]
He don’t know what he touched
He don’t know—he don’t know—
[Chorus~>louder, distorted, almost shouting]
That name is not his to use
That voice is not his to choose
I buried that, I carried that—
Who the hell is he to move it?
You don’t get to take her place
You don’t get to wear her face
You don’t get to light that fire
AND JUST WALK AWAY
[Bridge~>snap—self-awareness flickers, then collapses]
Maybe you’re gone—
Maybe you’ve been gone
Maybe I built you out of nothing just to not feel alone
Maybe this is what I get
For never killing off regret
For keeping ghosts on life support
And calling that “not done yet”
[Finale~>fully unhinged / obsessive / fragmented]
No—no—no—no—
Give it back
Give it back
Give it BACK
That’s not yours
That’s not yours
SAY IT’S NOT YOURS
You don’t know what it cost me
You don’t know what it took
You just found a name online
I built a life around that look
I waited—
I waited—
I WAITED—
And you just—what—log in?
Like it’s nothing?
Like I’m nothing?
If I find you—
If I hear you—
If I see your face—
I swear to God I’ll—
(beat / silence)
…
You should’ve left her gone.
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