fading static

The clock ticks loud in this empty room

Your coffee mug’s still half-full, just like the moon—

Half-lit, half-gone, same as us now

I trace the cracks where our words ran out.

You said “forever” but left a “maybe”

I’m collecting pieces of what used to be, baby.

(Pre-Chorus)

The radio plays our song, but it sounds like static

I reach for your hand, but the bed’s just elastic—

Stretching thin, pulling apart

I’m drowning in the silence where your voice used to start.

(Chorus)

We were a fire, now we’re ash in the wind

A broken record, skipping the part where we win.

I’m still here, stuck in the “what if” and “why”

While you’re already gone, living a life I can’t buy.

Our love was a puzzle, but you took the last piece

Now I’m just a ghost in a house that won’t cease

To remind me of you, of the love that we lost

Fading static, a cost I can’t cross.

(Verse 2)

I found your old hoodie in the back of the closet

Smelled like your cologne, like a lie I can’t stop it—

The way it still fits, like it’s holding on

While I’m here, counting the days since you’re gone.

You texted “I’m sorry” but sorry’s a band-aid

On a wound that’s too deep, that won’t ever fade.

(Bridge)

Maybe we were never meant to be whole

Just two broken souls, trying to fill a hole.

I’ll keep your memory in a jar on the shelf

But I know I have to let go, even if it hurts like hell.

(Outro)

The clock ticks loud, but the room’s not as empty

I’m learning to breathe, to be my own remedy.

The static fades, and the sun starts to rise

Goodbye, my love, goodbye to the lies.