Ash’s pov

Verse 1

I see the way you clench your jaw

When they say things they shouldn’t have

Like healing has a finish line

Like grief is something you outran

They tell you to be strong for me

As if your heart didn’t shatter too

As if loving me means you didn’t lose

As if she wasn’t part of you

Pre-Chorus

They don’t hear what you don’t say

They don’t see what you hide away

Chorus

But I see you

I see your anger, I see your pain

I see you holding it all inside your frame

You lost her too — don’t let them lie

Your grief is real, it doesn’t need to justify

When the world tells you to move on fast

I will sit with you in the aftermath

Verse 2

I watch you carry me on your back

While your own heart is under attack

You say, “I’m okay,” like a shield

But I know how much you feel

You don’t cry loud, you don’t fall apart

You just hold the pieces in the dark

And I hate that they don’t ask your name

In this fire… in this flame

Pre-Chorus

You don’t need to be unbreakable

You don’t need to be invincible

Chorus

Because I see you

I see the nights you don’t sleep

I see the weight you refuse to speak

You’re not cold, you’re not distant or numb

You’re a father whose world was undone

If they won’t give you space to grieve

I will — every part of me

Bridge

You don’t have to be okay for me

You don’t have to save me

I need you real, not made of stone

I don’t want to hurt alone

Your anger doesn’t scare me

Your silence doesn’t push me away

It just tells me how deep you loved

How much you wish she could’ve stayed

Final Chorus

So don’t move on because they say

Don’t shrink your grief to make them stay

If the world forgets what you lost

I’ll remember every cost

I lost her… but I didn’t lose you

And I won’t let grief tear us in two

I’m here, I’m staying, I won’t leave

I see you — and I let you grieve

Outro

So when you think no one understands

Remember this — take my hand

You don’t have to carry this alone

I see you… and I’m home