[ Verse 1 (quiet, aching)]
I saw you the other day beneath a fading sky
Talking with some boy and laughing like you never cried
You looked beautiful, untouched by what we lost
While I’m still counting every silence, every cost
I don’t know how you do it
Walk so light while I sink through it
I’m still hollow where your love used to live
Still holding on to what you didn’t want to give
[Pre-Chorus (rising tension)]
You said it was over and walked away clean
But I’m still trapped inside what we used to mean
[Chorus (hard, pain filled)]
There’s a you-sized hole in my life—
And it eats me alive
Eats me alive
I smile all day just to break at night
Break at night
How did you leave me so easy?
How did you kill what we used to be?
I’m still down here where you dropped me to die—
In this you-sized hole…
This hole in my life
[Verse 2 (soft again)]
Clock in, clock out, same empty parade
Small talk and coffee and pretending I’m okay
Everybody says time does what time can do
But time just echoes rooms that still belong to you
You’ve obviously moved on
Like what we had was already gone
And I keep searching for the fault in me
Like pain is something reasoned out logically
[Pre-Chorus (rising tension)]
You dropped our story like a stone in black water
I’m still drowning farther and farther
[Chorus (hard,pain filled)]
There’s a you-sized hole in my life—
And it eats me alive
Eats me alive
I smile all day just to break at night
Break at night
How did you leave me so easy?
How did you kill what we used to be?
I’m still down here where you dropped me to die—
In this you-sized hole…
This hole in my life
[Bridge — Alice in Chains style breakdown]
You left a hole… a hole in me
Cold as the dirt where love should be
You moved on clean
I still bleed
How—did—you—leave?
How—did—you—leave?
I’m alive but something died...
[Final Chorus — full force]
There’s a you-sized hole in my life—
And it eats me alive
Eats me alive
I smile all day just to break at night
Break at night
How did you leave me so easy?
How did you kill what we used to be?
I’m still down here where you dropped me to die—
In this you-sized hole…
This hole in my life
[Outro — soft return]
I saw you the other day…
And you looked happy.
I wish I knew how.
ElCeviche
