I can't follow

[Intro]
Oh fuck… where did you go?
Why’d you leave so soon, bro?
Didn’t you know I still need you —
like the beat needs the flow,
like the moon needs the glow,
like the heart needs to know
you just went home.


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[Verse 1]
But now you're in a place I can't follow,
that’s a hard pill to fucking swallow.
Leaving my heart feeling hollow
as I drown in the sorrow.

Now every breath feels borrowed,
each one heavy with tomorrow.
I scream your name into the quiet —
but silence is all I follow.

The world keeps spinning like nothing changed,
but my soul’s still standing in yesterday’s rain.
Your laughter echoes in the cracks of my mind,
like a ghost that refuses to fade with time.


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[Hook]
I prayed for years that you would still be here,
when I could walk free as the prison bars cleared.
So I could finally hold you near,
finally whisper, “It’s okay, brother — I’m here.”


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[Verse 2]
You carried storms no one could see,
a war inside your bones and memory.
Pain was the anchor that pulled you low,
and the pills were the waves that stole your glow.

You tried to stand when the world leaned wrong,
kept fighting battles you’d fought too long.
Your mind screamed quiet, your heart beat loud —
’til the weight of it all finally took you down.


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[Bridge]
Your heart was love and your soul was pure,
but your heart wasn’t strong enough to handle your fear.
But still, you had the courage to try,
even knowing it might cause you to die.

Like the Tin Man, you knew what you’d have to face,
but your heart wasn’t strong enough to finish the race.


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[Verse 3 / Outro]
Now that you’re gone, my heart’s gone black,
knowing I will never get you back.
Till the veil covers my eyes,
I’ll live in a world that just feels like lies.

So I’ll set the world on fire —
as if it were your funeral pyre.
And make sure everyone knows, before I’m done,
just how brightly your light shone.

Dark emotional cinematic hip-hop — slow beat, deep piano, haunting strings, heavy bass., male, full of pain and sorrow