[Intro – ambient, trembling piano, shallow breathing]
[whispered, unsteady]
I don’t know how people leave the past behind.
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[Verse 1 – fragile, shaking tone]
[soft, cracked]
I wake up frozen in the same place,
Like time forgot to take me with it.
Your name still hangs inside my chest,
I try to breathe around it.
[restrained, aching]
They say let go like it’s a choice,
Like I didn’t already try.
Every memory has a pulse,
Every silence feels alive.
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[Pre-Chorus – voice tightening, fear underneath]
[low, trembling]
I’m scared if I move, I’ll lose what’s left,
Even if what’s left is hurting me.
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[Chorus – emotional peak, voice breaking but controlled]
[raw, pained]
I don’t know how to move on,
I don’t know who I am without this pain.
If I let you go, what’s left of me?
I’ve been bleeding just to feel the same.
[strained, desperate]
I’m stuck between before and now,
Between loving you and breaking down.
I want out, but I don’t know how,
So I stay where the hurt is loud.
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[Post-Chorus – instrumental dip, heartbeat slows]
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[Verse 2 – quieter, exhausted]
[hollow, breathy]
My body still expects your weight,
Still braces for the sound of you.
I flinch at kindness, pause at touch,
Like comfort’s something I can’t do.
[fading strength]
I replay every moment back,
Looking for the part I missed.
Maybe if I’d loved you less,
I wouldn’t feel like this.
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[Pre-Chorus – realization, voice thinning]
[near-spoken]
I don’t miss you…
I miss who I was before I broke.
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[Chorus – second hit, heavier collapse]
[breaking, exposed]
I don’t know how to move on,
They say time heals — it just moved wrong.
Every step feels like betrayal,
Like surviving means you’re gone.
[pleading, raw]
I’m trapped inside this in-between,
Not dead, not free, just barely me.
I don’t want this pain, but it’s all I know,
And I’m terrified to let it go.
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[Bridge – stripped back, voice alone]
[almost crying, uncontrolled]
If healing means forgetting you,
Then I don’t think I can survive it.
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[Final Chorus – emotional collapse, no resolve]
[hoarse, shaking]
I don’t know how to move on,
I don’t know where to put this grief.
I built my life around the damage,
Now it’s the only thing holding me.
[quiet scream, breaking]
I want peace, but I’m afraid of quiet,
I want love, but I don’t feel safe.
I’m not strong, I’m just still here,
And that feels like a different kind of pain.
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[Outro – fading piano, breath left alone]
[whisper, defeated]
I’m still here…
I just don’t know how to leave this.
(music fades slowly, unresolved)
