When I walked

I burned the bridge before the dawn could rise,

Left your shadow screaming in my mind.

Thought the distance would kill the pain,

But every mile just spelled your name.

Now I’m haunted by the sound

Of the silence I left behind—

Every breath I take reminds me

I was the blade that cut the line.

I swore I’d find myself out there,

But all I found was cold, dead air.

When I walked away, I tore my soul in two,

Left the light and love I knew.

I thought I’d heal, but I decay—

I killed us both when I walked away.

The echoes crawl inside my chest,

Whispering the truth I can’t confess.

You were fire, I was gasoline,

We burned bright—but I fled the scene.

Now I see your ghost in every rain,

Hear your voice inside the flame.

If regret had teeth, I’d bleed,

For every promise I didn’t keep.

The past won’t sleep, it drags me down,

Your name’s a curse I can’t drown out.

When I walked away, I tore my soul in two,

Left the light and love I knew.

I thought I’d heal, but I decay—

I killed us both when I walked away.

(Screamed vocals)

Now I see the wreckage in my wake!

Every dream I smashed, every heart I break!

You were my reason, I was the fall—

Now I’m nothing, nothing at all!

(Guitar solo – dark and melodic, bends and slides like weeping steel)

When I walked away, I lost my name,

I’m the ghost of what remains.

If redemption calls, it’s too late—

I sealed my fate when I walked away.

The door’s still closed, but I still wait…

For the life I threw away