

Prompt / Lyrics
[Verse 1] I gave you the summer All the soft parts of my name You packed just your silence Left your sweater, took my flame I folded on the floorboards Hands shaking like old glass Watched the door stay empty As the years crawled past [Chorus] You were my once-in-a-lifetime, baby I never was that for you I fell into a grave I’d made of Every almost, every “soon” I loved you then I love you now It doesn’t make me break somehow I stand firm, I stand strong I stand alone (stand alone anyway) [Verse 2] Lived in a low room Curtains closed at noon Friends knocking, phone buzzing I let it all bruise Dug through every memory Like a miner out of air Found a little light in me You had never put there [Chorus] You were my once-in-a-lifetime, baby I never was that for you I fell into a grave I’d made of Every almost, every “soon” I loved you then I love you now It doesn’t make me crawl back down I stand firm, I stand strong I stand alone (stand alone anyway) [Bridge] If you turned up at my doorway With your old half-hearted smile I would feel my ribcage shudder But I’d only stay a while You’re still written in my story Ink that never fully dries But I’ve learned to hold that heartbreak Like a weight that makes me rise [Chorus] You were my once-in-a-lifetime, baby I never was that for you I walked out of the grave I’d made and Left the flowers there for you I loved you then I love you still But it’s my heart, it’s my will I stand firm, I stand strong I stand alone (stand alone, stand alone) I stand firm, I stand strong I stand alone (and I still love, I still love)
Tags
Moody alt-pop ballad with female vocals; intimate piano and distant pads in the verses, low pulsing bass under a spacious beat in the chorus. Vocal starts close-mic and fragile, then grows into a soaring, gritty belt by the final hook. Subtle reverse swells and filtered drum builds deepen the dark-to-empowered arc, with layered harmonies on the last chorus for catharsis., strong, deep
3:29
No
4/15/2026