Still Here Without You

Verse 1
The house is loud when it’s quiet at night
Every clock keeps shouting that you’re not by my side
Your jacket’s still hanging by the door
I swear it smells like you, but it hurts even more

I replay the last words I never said
Like they’re written in permanent ink in my head
If I’d known that goodbye was the end
I would’ve held on longer, my friend

Pre-Chorus
They say time heals everything
But time just taught me how to pretend

Chorus
I’m still here without you
Breathing but barely alive
The world didn’t stop when you left me
But mine did that night
I smile in pictures, I laugh when I’m supposed to
But every road still leads back to you
I’m still here without you

Verse 2
Your name still lights up my phone in my dreams
Then I wake up to silence and broken routines
Everyone says, “You’ll be stronger one day”
But they don’t feel the weight of what didn’t stay

I talk to your memory like it’s a prayer
Hopin’ somehow you’re still out there
If heaven’s real, do you hear my voice?
Or was losing you never a choice?

Pre-Chorus
I’d trade all the years ahead
For one more night we never had

Chorus
I’m still here without you
Breathing but barely alive
The world didn’t stop when you left me
But mine did that night
I smile in pictures, I laugh when I’m supposed to
But every road still leads back to you
I’m still here without you

Bridge
If love could bring you back
You’d be standing in my arms
If tears could build a ladder
I’d climb straight through the dark
They say you’re in a better place
But I’m stuck where you were

Final Chorus (Big / Emotional)
I’m still here without you
Trying to survive
Living a life you’ll never see
But carrying you inside
If heaven’s closer than it feels to
Then save me a place when this is through
‘Cause I’m still here without you

Outro
I’ll keep your name in my heart
Even if it breaks me apart

Emotional pop, piano Ballard