She packed the bags

Track 10: When She Packed the Bags

[Verse 1]
I heard the zipper before I heard her speak,
That slow drag across the teeth like it was grinding on my grief.
She didn’t slam a door, didn’t scream, didn’t curse,
Just moved like someone who’d already rehearsed.
Clothes folded like she cared, face cold like she didn’t,
Every step said “I’m done,” even though her mouth didn’t.
I stood there frozen, knuckles white on the frame,
Trying to swallow the truth that I’m the one to blame.
She brushed past me soft, like a ghost through a wall,
And I swear the whole house shrank two sizes small.
The kids were asleep, thank God they didn’t see
The night their mother packed up and walked out on me.

[Hook]
When she packed the bags, it wasn’t luggage she carried,
It was every broken promise that I buried.
Every “I’ll do better,” every “give me one more chance,”
Every lie I told myself just to keep the romance.
When she packed the bags, she packed the truth too,
And left me standing in a room I never grew into.
She didn’t take the ring, didn’t take the blame,
Just took the version of me I never became.

[Verse 2]
I tried to speak, but the words hit the floor,
Like they knew they weren’t enough to keep her anymore.
She said, “I loved

Dark gritty emotional hip hop