Everytime You Appear

Intro

I’m fine.

Until you show up.

Verse 1

I’m doing okay, I’m standing upright

Then your name hits my screen like a streetlight

Didn’t say a word, didn’t cross a line

Still you pull me back to another time

I don’t even miss you, that’s the truth

I miss the version of me before you

You don’t touch me, you don’t try

But you still know how to ruin my night

Pre-Chorus

You don’t need to say a thing

Your presence does enough

I hate that something so small

Can still mess me up

Chorus

Every time you appear

I lose my balance again

I’m not heartbroken, I’m pissed

That you still get in my head

You don’t want me, you don’t stay

You just haunt and walk away

Every time you appear

I’m dragged back years

Verse 2

You don’t ask how I am

You don’t check if I’m okay

You just exist in my space

Like that’s supposed to be okay

I rebuilt myself in silence

While you vanished without guilt

Now you circle like you’re harmless

Like you didn’t do the damage you did

Pre-Chorus

I don’t want closure from you

I want my peace back instead

I hate that I’m this self-aware

And still feel it in my chest

Chorus

Every time you appear

I lose my balance again

I’m not heartbroken, I’m angry

That you still get in my head

You don’t want me, you don’t stay

You just haunt and walk away

Every time you appear

I’m dragged back years

Bridge

You don’t get access to me

Just because you feel bored

You don’t get to reopen wounds

Then act like you meant no harm

I’m not weak, I’m just human

And I hate that this is true

I’m stronger than your silence

But I still feel what you do

Chorus

Every time you appear

I remember why I left

Why I had to choose myself

Over waiting on your mess

This isn’t love, it’s a scar

And you don’t get to touch it

Every time you appear

I swear I’m done with it

Outro

So don’t say hi.

Don’t check in.

Let me heal

Without you reminding me who I was then.