[Intro – distant / airy]
(F)
I still feel you…
even when you’re gone…
(M – faint)
…I’m here…
⸻
[Verse 1 – soft, almost numb]
I held your hand…
I felt it real…
I saw your eyes…
I know the feel…
But something broke…
we couldn’t keep…
A love so close…
but not for me…
⸻
[Pre-Chorus – floating tension]
I hear you call…
inside my sleep…
You’re everywhere…
but not with me…
⸻
🔥 CHORUS (HOOK — haunting + repeatable)
Not in this life… not in this time
You were mine… just not to keep
I feel you close… in every night
But you don’t wake… next to me
⸻
[Verse 2 – deeper emotional layer]
I smell your skin…
I hear your voice…
In every room…
in every noise…
I tried to move…
I tried to breathe…
But part of you…
still lives in me…
⸻
[Pre-Chorus 2 – slightly stronger]
We had it once…
we let it go…
No right or wrong…
just what we know…
⸻
🔥 CHORUS (FULL — layered echoes)
Not in this life… not in this time
You were mine… just not to keep
I feel you close… in every night
But you don’t wake… next to me
(M – echo: not with me…)
⸻
[Bridge – emotional peak but controlled]
(F)
If there’s a place…
somewhere else…
Where we don’t have to hide…
(M – soft)
…another life…
(F)
I’ll find you there…
I won’t say goodbye…
⸻
[FINAL CHORUS – softer, fading]
Not in this life… not in this time
You were mine… just not to keep
I feel you close… in every night
But you don’t wake… next to me
⸻
[Outro – breath / ghost fade]
(M)
…I’m still here…
(F)
I know…
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