Still My Flame (Even After You Left)

**[Verse 1]**

We built our world in quiet corners,

Where dragons flew and warriors cried.

You were my Firestar in moonlight,

But now that glow’s just pain disguised.

You whispered love between the chapters,

Then closed the book and walked away.

Now I’m left with burning pages,

And words I wish you chose to stay.

**[Pre-Chorus]**

I gave you all the pieces of my soul,

Now I’m nothing but a shell you used to hold.

**[Chorus]**

You’re still my flame, though you left me in the cold,

A therian spirit, wild and uncontrolled.

You ran from love like it was chasing you down,

But I stayed behind, just hoping you'd turn around.

And I never cared what the world thought was real—

To me, you're perfect, even broken, even concealed.

But now my heart’s just ashes in the dark,

And you're still my flame… still tearing me apart.

**[Verse 2]**

I hear your voice in every silence,

Feel your claws beneath my skin.

You left me bleeding in the story

We said we’d never let end.

You said you couldn’t love me fully,

Like there was something wrong in you—

But I saw beauty in the pieces,

Even if the world never knew.

**[Pre-Chorus]**

You were the forest, the fire, the flight,

Now I cry alone beneath starless nights.

**[Chorus]**

You’re still my flame, though you left me in the cold,

A therian soul I never tried to mold.

You thought your truth made you too strange to keep—

But I would've loved you through any dream, through any deep.

I never wanted perfect, just you as you are,

But now I’m chasing shadows and falling stars.

**[Verse 3]**

Every dragon now feels distant,

Every warrior fights alone.

I read the books we loved in silence,

And break down when I find your tone.

You were more than just a heartbeat,

You were my magic and my muse.

Now I wander through our memories,

Like a ghost with too much to lose.

**[Bridge – Raw Emotion]**

Do you know what it’s like to scream your name

Into the void and get silence back again?

To beg the stars for just one sign,

That you still remember when you were mine?

I carry your howl in my veins,

Even though all I feel now is pain.

But I’d take it all, every tear, every scar—

If it meant I could still love you from afar.

**[Final Chorus]**

You’re still my flame, the fire that doesn’t fade,

The storm I’d walk through, unafraid.

Therian or not, I saw your soul,

And it was the most beautiful thing I’d ever hold.

Even if you never come back to me,

You’ll haunt my dreams endlessly.

You lit the match, then left me in the dark—

And you're still my flame… still burning in my heart.

**[Outro]**

So if you ever read these words someday,

Know I never wanted you to change.

You were enough, Ri…

You were always enough.

And I was just the one who wasn’t tough…

Enough to lose you.