If You’re Still Listening

They said you’d rest in perfect peace

But nothing here feels calm

The church bells choke the morning air

Like guilt wrapped in a psalm

I traced your name across the stone

My hands won’t let it fade

If heaven took you far from me

Then heaven made a mistake

So tell me now

Do you hear me call

Or am I screaming at these walls

CHORUS

So carry on, carry me home

Through the black parade of broken bones

If you’re gone, then let me know

Or haunt me till I lose control

You said goodbye like it was fine

Like love just learns to decompose

If this is how we let you go

Then take me with you when you go

The roses died before they bloomed

Just like the words we said

I bit my tongue till it turned blue

Still hearing what you said

You swore you’d wait on the other side

You swore you’d never run

But I’m still here in borrowed skin

Praying death was wrong

So tell me now

Was it your choice

Or did the dark steal your voice

CHORUS

So carry on, carry me home

Through the black parade of broken bones

If you’re gone, then let me know

Or haunt me till I lose control

You said goodbye like it was fine

Like love just learns to decompose

If this is how we let you go

Then take me with you when you go

I would follow you into the fire

I would choke on every truth

If the ground won’t give you back

Then I’ll lie down next to you

FINAL CHORUS

So carry on, don’t leave me here

In white-lined rooms and wasted years

If you’re alive inside the dark

Then pull me down into your heart

You said goodbye like it was fine

Like death was something we could choose

If this is how we let you go

Then I refuse

Yeah, I refuse

If you’re still listening

I never stopped loving you