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Verse 1 (voice breaking, trembling at start and end)

(soft, like he’s gasping)

I… I can’t get your name off my tongue tonight,

Every word I try, it don’t come out right.

It’s like the syllables cut, like they tear through skin,

And I’m bleedin’ in the spaces where your voice has been.

I swear I see you smilin’, but it fades too quick,

Like a photograph burnin’ from the edges, sick.

And I choke at the start, choke again at the end,

Tryin’ to speak to a ghost I can’t defend.

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Verse 2 (UK cadence, semi-fast, cracking voice at edges)

I’ve been pacin’ down streets where the lamplight leans,

Where the cracks in the pavement replay our scenes.

Your laugh still lingers, like smoke in my chest,

But it burns every night when I try to rest.

And I talk too quick, just to cover the pain,

But the faster I go, the more it remains.

I said “I’m fine” but my voice betrayed,

The tears in my throat and the mess I made.

(voice breaking, high-pitched crack)

I can’t… I can’t… keep pretendin’ it’s gone,

When my whole world ended the day you moved on.

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Verse 3 (fragile, outro-style, fading)

Your friends don’t ask, but I know they see,

The ruin, the wreck, what you left of me.

I’m writin’ these verses with a broken hand,

Every line a confession you won’t understand.

And at the start of each breath I still shake apart,

By the end of each line I’m back at the start.

Voice cracks high, then it falls down low,

Like a cry in the dark that you’ll never know.

(soft, crying)

I just wanted your love… but you let me go.