If You Ever Hear This (ballad)

Verse 1

How can I wake in a house this still

When every corner remembers you?

Your laugh in the hallway, your coat on the chair

Now it’s just space I’m walking through

I tell myself this is what I chose

A quieter life, a different road

But no one tells you the cost of peace

Is learning to carry what you let go

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Pre-Chorus

And I don’t reach for your number now

I know where that leads, I know how it ends

But some nights I swear I still hear your voice

Like it’s waiting just around the bend

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Chorus

If you ever hear this, I hope you’re alright

I hope someone’s holding you close at night

I hope that the world feels lighter somehow

And you found what we couldn’t figure out

And I won’t call you, I won’t pretend

That we could just start it all again

But God, I’d be lying if I said I don’t care

If you ever hear this… I’m still there

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Verse 2

Seven years written into my bones

In the way I think, in the things I say

I’ve tried to outgrow the man I was

But you’re still a part I can’t erase

I’m getting stronger, I’m holding the line

I train, I work, I show up right

But strength don’t quiet a memory

When it finds you alone at night

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Pre-Chorus

And I don’t miss every part of us

There were storms I’d never return to

But I miss the way that it felt back then

When I didn’t have to learn to lose you

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Chorus

If you ever hear this, I hope you’re at peace

I hope all your heavy days have eased

I hope there’s a light where you now stand

And someone who truly understands

And I won’t call you, I know it’s done

We both walked away from what we’d become

But some part of me will always be there

If you ever hear this… I still care

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Bridge

Maybe we were just a moment in time

That stretched a little too far

Two different paths, two different lives

But you’ll always be where I started from

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Final Chorus

If you ever hear this, don’t turn around

There’s nothing left for us to find now

Just know that I meant every word back then

Even the ones we couldn’t defend

And I’ll keep moving, I’ll play my part

With your name still written somewhere in my heart

Not asking for more, not needing repair

If you ever hear this…

Just know I’m still here