[Acoustic + Piano Intro – soft, fragile]
Met you at fourteen, two ghosts learning how to breathe,
You were the anchor in a world that never cared for me.
We shared a roof, shared our fears, shared the nights we'd disappear,
You were my home… even when the home wasn't here.
[Verse 1 – clean, trembling]
Then life called your name and you answered it right,
You found love, built a life, chased a brand new sunrise.
I stayed back in the shadows where we used to dream,
Now I'm talking to the walls just to feel anything.
[Pre-Chorus – rising emotion]
And it’s no fault of yours—
I swear it on the bones I carry every day.
I just didn’t have anyone left
When you finally walked your own way.
[Chorus – soaring, melodic metalcore]
So this is the letter I never meant to write,
The words I buried deep in the quiet of the night.
“I’ll always have your back,” yeah, I meant every line—
Even in this act, you were the best part of my life.
I still love you, brother, even through the darkness…
And I’m sorry for this—
I was never meant to be harmless.
[Verse 2 – emotional rasp]
You moved away, built a world I always hoped you'd find,
I stayed behind with the ghosts running circles in my mind.
Every laugh we shared echoes like a memory on fire,
A warmth I can't reach as the flames climb higher.
[Breakdown – screamed]
THIS ISN’T BLAME—
THIS IS JUST WHERE I BREAK.
NO FAULT OF YOURS,
JUST THE WEIGHT I CAN’T TAKE.
BUT I NEVER STOPPED LOVING YOU,
NOT FOR ONE DAMN DAY.
[Piano Bridge – whispered, vulnerable]
If my voice ever reaches you across the miles,
Know you carried me farther than anyone in my life.
You saved me once… maybe more times than I can say,
And I’m sorry you have to hear me fade away.
[Guitar Solo – emotional, melodic, soaring bends]
[Final Chorus – raw, powerful]
So this is the letter I never meant to write,
The truth bleeding out in the silence of the night.
“I’ll always have your back,” yeah, that still holds true—
Even as I fall, my last thought is you.
You were my brother, my shelter in the abyss…
And I’m sorry for this…
I was just too tired to exist.
[Outro – acoustic whisper]
But you made my story worth the time I was in it.
Don’t forget me…
Not all at once.
