[Verse 1 – Female | breathy, low tone, almost whispering]
I built a world where you once stood
Filled the cracks with quiet goodbyes
Buried echoes under laughter
Taught myself to never cry
You’re a song I stopped replaying
A chapter sealed and torn away
But now your voice sounds far too real
Like the past won’t let me stay
[Verse 2 – Male | warm, deep voice, slightly shaky, remorseful]
I never meant to be a ghost
I just froze when you were drowning
Held my breath and closed my eyes
While you screamed without a sound
And I still dream of those cold mornings
Where your hands were trembling near
But I stayed behind my silence
Too afraid to draw you near
[Pre-Chorus – Both | soft harmony, almost not touching]
Now you’re someone I can’t hold
And I’m someone you outgrew
But beneath all the damage
I still remember you
[Chorus – Both | emotional, restrained power]
And we’re still here, but not the same
I know your heart forgot my name
We’re just echoes in a softer flame
Still burning… in another way
If we had stayed, we might have bled
But now we live with words unsaid
I loved you once, I lost you then
And somehow… we’re still here again
[Bridge – Female | almost crying, voice shaking slightly]
Don’t ask me if I’ve forgiven
Don’t ask me what it means
I just hum the notes we lost
Between the silence and the screams
[Bridge – Male | quiet confession, soft falsetto at end lines]
I was a coward in the moment
You were brave to walk alone
Now we’re singing to the ruins
Of a place we called our own
[Final Chorus – Both | emotionally breaking through, harmonized]
We’re still here, but not to stay
Not to touch, not to replay
Just to finish one last line
Of the song we left behind
If we had stayed, we might have bled
But now we live with words unsaid
I loved you once, I lost you then
And somehow… I’d lose you again
[Outro – Female | whisper, echo fading out]
Still burning… in another way.
Quinny
