[Title: “I Already Know” (Soul Ballad Version)]
[Verse 1]
You whisper calm, but your eyes confess,
There’s a storm where truth once lay to rest.
I taste the distance on your breath,
The kind of silence that speaks of something left.
[Pre-Chorus]
You turn away before you lie,
And I love you enough to recognize.
[Chorus]
‘Cause I already know — it’s written in your shadow,
In every light you try to hide.
You call it harmless, just a hollow,
But I feel the break you can’t disguise.
Respect was love’s first name,
Now it echoes where trust used to stay.
[Verse 2]
I was your mirror, your calm, your flame,
Now I’m a ghost inside this frame.
You wander, chasing another glow,
But still come home to what you know.
[Pre-Chorus]
You reach for peace in borrowed skin,
And call it freedom deep within.
[Chorus]
‘Cause I already know — it’s written in your shadow,
In every touch you hold too long.
You call it nothing — I call it hollow,
The kind of hurt that steals a song.
[Bridge]
Maybe your heart just needed proof
That you could still be wanted too.
But love ain’t love without the truth —
It breathes, or it’s through.
[Final Chorus (soft, stripped back)]
I already know — it trembles through my hands,
In every tender word you save.
You seek new faces just to stand,
I’m learning how to walk away.
[Outro]
I already know… and still I stay.
I already know… but not today