I Keep You

**Verse 1**
I don’t delete your messages
I read them every night
Not because I miss you
Just to make sure they’re still mine

I memorised the timestamps
The pauses in between
The way you said “it’s nothing”
When it wasn’t nothing to me

**Pre-Chorus**
I don’t feel it anymore
Not the way I should
But I keep checking
Like I could

**Chorus**
I keep you
In the quiet parts of my room
In the spaces I don’t use
In the air I don’t move

I don’t cry
I don’t break
I just replay
Everything

You’re not here
But I keep you

**Verse 2**
Your name still fits my mouth
Like it never left
I say it under my breath
Just to hear how it sounds

I scroll through photos
Like I’m studying proof
That you existed
The way I do

**Pre-Chorus**
I don’t call
I don’t reach
I just let it circle
Underneath

**Chorus**
I keep you
Like a habit I won’t lose
Like a bruise I press into
Just to see if I still bruise

I don’t love
I don’t hate
I just stay
The same

You moved on
I keep you

**Bridge (low, almost monotone, layered)**
I counted every flaw
Like it would make you smaller
But you’re everywhere
In the corners

I told myself I’m fine
Said it enough times
Now it sounds true
In my mind

**Break (minimal instrumentation, heartbeat pulse)**
If I saw you on the street
I wouldn’t speak
I’d just watch
To see if you look for me

**Final Chorus (stripped, colder)**
I keep you
Not because I want to
Not because I need to

It’s just what I do

You fade
I don’t change
I stay
The same

You let go
I keep you

**Outro**
Your name
Still fits
In the silence
Of my lips

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Distorted ethereal Shoegaze, dream pop, alt post metal/post rock, ambient, soft vocals, low baritone/ mid range cleans