Afterlight

VERSE 1

I woke up in the afterlight,

your shadow dancing on my skin.

A fragile echo of the night,

a place where you keep pulling in.

I tried to wash you from my breath,

but every sigh still sounds like you.

I keep on losing what is left,

yet somehow I’m still breaking through.

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PRE-CHORUS

And I keep saying I’m okay,

though my heart shakes every day…

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CHORUS

But I rise when the dark comes,

even when the fear runs deep.

I break where your love was,

but I don’t fall, I don’t sink.

I’m still torn, but I stay strong —

’cause every wound becomes a song.

I rise where the light ends…

and I won’t come undone.

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POST-CHORUS (kurze airy vocals)

Oh-ohh, ahh-ahh… ohh-ohh…

(ganz leicht, wie ein Hauch, kein langes Summen)

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VERSE 2

Your fingerprints are on my bones,

I feel them when the silence hits.

I learned that freedom comes in tones,

soft steps before the pieces fit.

I keep rebuilding what you broke,

stone after stone, truth after truth.

My body rose out of the smoke,

and now I’m stronger without you.

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PRE-CHORUS

And I keep telling myself “heal”,

even when the hurt feels real…

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CHORUS

But I rise when the dark comes,

even when the fear runs deep.

I break where your love was,

but I don’t fall, I don’t sink.

I’m still torn, but I stay strong —

’cause every wound becomes a song.

I rise where the light ends…

and I won’t come undone.

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BRIDGE

I used to fall apart at night,

but now I breathe the morning in.

Your shadow tried to steal my light,

but look at me — I glow again.

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CHORUS (FINAL)

’Cause I rise when the dark comes,

even when the fear runs deep.

I break where your love was,

but I don’t fall, I don’t sink.

I’m still torn, but I stand strong —

every scar became a song.

I rise where the light ends…

and I’m finally the one.

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OUTRO (soft, fading vocals)

Ohh-ohh… ahh-ahh… ohh…

(leise ausklingend)