**Verse 1**
I carved your birthday in the paint
Of every wall I own
So even when I turn the lights off
I’m never alone
I hear you in the plumbing
In the static on the line
Every stranger’s silhouette
Is just your shape in disguise
I don’t sleep — I patrol the dark
Like you might call my bluff
Like you might knock at 3AM
And say you’ve had enough
**Pre-Chorus**
They tell me this is madness
That love’s not supposed to bruise
But sanity’s a luxury
I already chose to lose
**Chorus**
Say my name backwards
Spin it like a curse
If I can’t have your heaven
I’ll settle for your worst
I’ll wear you like a fever
I’ll sharpen every spark
If you won’t let me in your light
I’ll live inside the dark
You think you left me shattered
You think I broke in two
But broken things are sharper
And I still cut for you
**Verse 2**
I keep your voicemail on repeat
Till the words don’t make sense
It’s not about the meaning
It’s about the evidence
That you were real, you happened
You breathed against my skin
Because if I admit you’re gone
Then nothing’s ever been
I taste you in the back of my throat
Like blood I can’t spit out
You call it “overreacting”
I call it “figuring it out.”
**Pre-Chorus**
You said I need to let you go
Like it’s a simple trade
But you don’t amputate a limb
And walk away okay
**Chorus**
Say my name backwards
Pretend it isn’t mine
Tell yourself I’m crazy
For not respecting signs
I’ll trace your steps in city blocks
I’ll memorize your street
If love’s a game of hide and seek
I refuse defeat
You think this is obsession
You think I’ve lost control
But I’d rather be possessed by you
Than exorcise my soul
**Bridge (unraveling)**
I don’t want peace.
I don’t want grace.
I want the look
That was on your face
The night you said
“You’re all I need.”
Now I replay it
Till my ears bleed.
**Breakdown (volatile, breathless)**
I am not a phase.
I am not a scar.
You don’t get to heal
And forget who we are.
If you erase me
I’ll rewrite truth.
I’ll haunt every room
You try to move through.
**Final Chorus (manic, collapsing)**
Say my name backwards
Scream it in your sleep
Even if you hate me
At least it means you keep
Some part of what we were
Some fracture in your chest
If I can’t be your future
I’ll be what you repress
**Outro (quiet, cracked)**
You call me unhinged.
Maybe I am.
But at least I never
Stopped loving you.
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HollowVotive
