The Weight Of My Heart

(Verse 1)
Before you step inside my world, read the cracks in the door
I’ve been breaking in silence, I’ve been here before
I flinch at the echoes, I bruise at the past
Every promise I held just couldn’t last

There are nights I disappear on the cold bedroom floor
Phone lighting up but I don’t answer anymore
I build up these walls, yeah I shut people out
It’s not that I hate you, it’s fear dressed as doubt

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(Pre-Chorus)
I’m not easy, I’m not light
I come with shadows in the night

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(Chorus)
So if you’re gonna love me, don’t you leave halfway
Don’t say forever if you don’t mean to stay
I need your voice when my mind turns dark
Need you to hold me when I fall apart

I’m a wildfire, I’m a scar you can’t hide
I need you choosing me, every night
If you can’t carry the weight of my heart
Don’t even start… don’t even start

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(Verse 2)
Trust don’t come easy, it drips in time
Every “I love you” feels like a crime
‘Cause I’ve heard it before, yeah I’ve seen how it ends
With empty rooms and broken friends

When I say I’m not okay, don’t just let it slide
That’s me reaching out from the other side
I’ll need reassurance, more than you planned
Not just your words, I need your hand

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(Pre-Chorus)
I’m a question you can’t fake
A risk you choose to take

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(Chorus)
So if you’re gonna love me, don’t you leave halfway
Don’t say forever if you don’t mean to stay
I need your voice when my mind turns dark
Need you to hold me when I fall apart

I’m a wildfire, I’m a scar you can’t hide
I need you choosing me, every night
If you can’t carry the weight of my heart
Don’t even start… don’t even start

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(Bridge – softer, almost whispered)
I’m not always sunshine, not always strong
Some days I’m barely holding on
But if you stay when I can’t stand
I’ll give you more than I am

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(Final Chorus – bigger, layered)
So if you’re gonna love me, love me all the way
Through every storm I couldn’t say
Through every night I lose the light
Through every wrong that feels so right

I’m a wildfire, I’m a heart on a wire
I’m fear and hope and raw desire
If you can’t carry the truth of my scars
Don’t touch my heart… don’t touch my heart

cinematic ballad, moody alt-rock/dark pop, electric guitar, piano, drums, bass guitar, ambient pads/synths, strings