I already know

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.

You turn away before you lie,

And I love you enough to recognize.

‘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.

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.

You reach for peace in borrowed skin,

And call it freedom deep within.

‘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.

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.

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.

I already know… and still I stay.

I already know… but not today