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

Emo rock, post-hardcore, gothic alternative rock, early 2000s emo, male