It started with a simple “How you doing?”
Just another message on another day
But somehow you could quiet all the noise inside me
When the whole damn world was pulling me away
You never promised castles in the moonlight
Never swore forever underneath the stars
You just showed up when life was getting heavy
And somehow made the weight not feel so hard
Pre-Chorus
You slipped into my life so naturally
Now you’re in every memory
Chorus
How do I tell a story without you?
When every story I ever told was about you
You were the calm inside the chaos
The voice that helped me make it through
How do I tell a story without you?
When every chapter, every memory, every truth
Still sounds like you
Verse 2
I still laugh about the jokes that made no sense
The little jealous comments you’d deny
The way you’d act like you weren’t paying attention
Then remember every detail I’d let slide
And Lord knows we never got the fairytale
Life kept writing different plans for me and you
But some people leave a mark without even trying
And every road I take still leads me back to you
Pre-Chorus
Maybe that’s what love is sometimes
Not possession—just a truth
Chorus
How do I tell a story without you?
When every story I ever told was about you
You were the fire and the comfort
The dream I never wanted to lose
How do I tell a story without you?
When every chapter, every memory, every truth
Still sounds like you
Bridge (big emotional rock moment)
Maybe in another life we’d have our front porch
Watching sunsets fade into the blue
You’d roll your eyes at one more corny joke
And I’d pretend I wasn’t trying to make you laugh
Maybe in another world the timing works
Maybe the stars finally get it right
But all I’ve got is this song and these memories
Shining like neon in the night
Final Chorus
How do I tell a story without you?
When every story I ever told was about you
You were never just another chapter
You became the reason for a few
How do I tell a story without you?
Maybe I don’t
Maybe I carry every lesson, every laugh, every view
And if somebody asks me years from now
Why your name still makes me smile… Lily
I’ll tell them some people become part of your story…
Even if they never become the ending.
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