**[INTRO — whispered]**
I thought healing meant forgetting.
Now I think it means remembering
without wanting to disappear.
**[VERSE 1 — LAID-BACK RAP]**
Morning light on the floor, window finally open,
Same scars on my heart, but I'm finally coping.
I still remember nights I tried to erase,
Every mistake staring back from my face.
Lost people I loved, lost years to the haze,
Lost pieces of myself trying to escape.
Can't change what I did, can't rewrite what was said,
But I don't have to punish myself till I'm dead.
I spent so long trying to outrun my past,
Never noticed every mile brought me back.
Now I'm standing in the room where I used to hide,
And for once I don't feel like I need to run outside.
**[PRE-CHORUS — SOFT R&B]**
I still hurt,
I still break.
Some nights I still
Can't stay awake.
But I'm learning
Pain can pass,
And not every good thing
Has to end in the past.
**[HOOK — MELODIC / WARM]**
When the morning comes,
I'll still be here.
Even if the memories
Are harder than they appear.
I don't need another smoke,
I don't need another drink.
I can sit with all this pain
And finally let myself think.
If I lose myself again,
I'll find my way back home.
I spent my whole life running—
Now I'm learning how to stay.
**[VERSE 2 — INTROSPECTIVE RAP]**
I don't blame you anymore for the damage you left,
I don't blame myself for every breath I regret.
Some things don't get fixed, they just become scars,
Reminders of how broken we once were.
I used to think forgiveness meant saying it was okay,
Now I know it means refusing to carry it every day.
I can miss what we had without wanting it back,
I can love who I was without living like that.
If somebody comes along,
Maybe I'll let them inside.
I won't promise I won't be scared,
But I won't run at the first sign.
**[BRIDGE — FLOATING / FALSETTO]**
Ooh...
Maybe I'm not broken.
Maybe I'm just healing slow.
Ooh...
Maybe all this darkness
Was never meant to be my home.
**[VERSE 3 — BUILDING]**
Goodbye to the version that wanted to disappear,
Goodbye to every bottle I used to drown the fear.
Goodbye to the smoke that filled up my room,
Goodbye to believing there was nothing left to lose.
I'm still carrying regret,
Still carrying the scars,
But I don't have to let them
Tell me who I am.
The past can stay behind me,
The future doesn't need a plan.
I don't know where I'm going,
But I'm finally taking a chance.
**[FINAL HOOK — HUGE / LAYERED]**
When the morning comes,
I'll still be here.
I survived the nights
I thought would disappear.
I don't need another smoke,
I don't need another drink.
I can feel the pain inside me
And still choose what I think.
If I lose myself again,
I'll find my way back home.
I spent my whole life running—
Now I'm finally letting go.
**[OUTRO — whispered]**
The smoke is gone.
The room is quiet.
I'm still here.
And this time...
I want to see
what happens next.