Faded Polaroid

[Verse 1]

You talk in circles like you’re scared of what is real,
Always pulling back the second that you feel.
Your jacket’s on my chair like you forgot to take
Another piece of you I never meant to break.

And I tried to hear the quiet things you never said,
All the hidden storms that lived inside your head.
But loving you felt like talking to a locked-up door—
You were fading fast, I kept holding on for more.

(ad-lib: “Yeah… holding on for more…”)

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🎸 [Pre-Chorus]

I whispered truth, but you turned away again,
Leaving me to guess where your heart had been.

(soft ad-lib: “Still don’t know…”)

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🌙🔥 [Chorus]

You’re my faded Polaroid—
Colors washed in a memory that won’t stay.
I kept you safe, tucked inside my heart,
Even when your edges slipped away.

We were temporary, fading day by day.
I’m done begging just to make you stay.
You’re a faded Polaroid…
And I’m letting go today.

(ad-libs: “Letting go… mm… today.”)

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[Verse 2]

I watched those mornings turn to silence in the air,
Every little moment showing you weren’t really there.
Your footprints disappeared before I reached the door,
And I kept asking myself what I was fighting for.

I left pieces of my heart scattered on your floor,
You’d pick them up but couldn’t hold them anymore.
You said you tried, but loving me made you feel small—
And I can’t keep carrying the weight of it all.

(ad-libs: “Can’t carry it… not anymore…”)

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🎤 [Bridge – soft, emotional, lifted]

Maybe we were trying too hard to rewrite
All the things we broke along the night.
Maybe letting go is kinder than we know…
(yeah…)

You were holding on to fear,
I was holding on to hope…

(soft ad-lib: “Two different worlds…”)

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🌙🎸 [Final Chorus – gentle build]

You’re my faded Polaroid—
A picture I kept soft around the edges.
I loved you even when you slipped away,
Even when you hid behind your fences.

We were temporary…
But you’ll always stay
Somewhere in the quiet of my yesterday.
You’re a faded Polaroid…
And I’m letting go today.

(final ad-libs: “Letting go… letting go… yeah…”)

Indie Rock vibe raw, emotional, aggressive