[Intro - soft spoken, piano]
Yeah…
I stopped chasing it…
but it didn’t feel like freedom…
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[Verse 1 - emotional melodic rap]
I stopped chasing people that were never gonna stay
Stopped overthinking every word I used to say
Told myself I’m better off alone this way
But the silence got louder every single day
Used to run behind love like I needed it to breathe
Now I sit in the quiet like it’s harder to believe
That letting go was supposed to set me free
But it just made me face what’s inside of me
I thought distance would fix everything I felt
But it just made me meet the version I never tell
The one that still cares when nobody’s around
The one that still hurts but don’t make a sound
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[Pre-Chorus - rising tension]
I said I’m done with it
I said I moved on
But nights get heavy
When everything’s gone
And I don’t miss them
But I miss the feeling
Of not overthinking
What I was healing
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[CHORUS - BASS DROP, EMOTIONAL, 120 BPM]
I stopped chasing, but I’m still not okay
Still hear the echoes of what they used to say
Thought I’d be stronger when I walked away
But I feel the same, just a different pain
I stopped chasing, but I still feel lost
Like I traded everything but I don’t know the cost
Now I’m alone with the thoughts I face
And silence don’t feel like saving grace
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[Verse 2 - darker, more aggressive undertone]
It’s funny how peace don’t feel like peace at all
When you’re used to catching yourself before you fall
Now there’s no one to call, no one to blame
Just me in a room with my own name
And I thought I’d heal if I cut them off
But the pain didn’t leave, it just turned soft
Now it sits in my chest like it never left
Just quieter than it was when I first felt stress
And I hate that I still look back sometimes
Like I miss the chaos I called “mine”
But I guess that’s what happens when you grow
You lose the hurt you used to know
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[Bridge - beat cuts out, emotional piano]
Maybe I didn’t lose them
Maybe I lost me
Maybe I was chasing
Something I couldn’t be
And now I’m standing here
No one left to blame
Just learning that silence
Can still feel the same
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[FINAL CHORUS - BIG BASS DROP]
I stopped chasing, but I’m still not okay
Still hear the echoes of what they used to say
Thought I’d be stronger when I walked away
But I feel the same, just a different pain
I stopped chasing, but I still feel lost
Like I traded everything but I don’t know the cost
Now I’m alone with the thoughts I face
And silence don’t feel like saving grace
Vesper
