[Intro – room tone + guitar hum] Yeah… Mm… It’s quiet again… [Verse 1 – close, confessional] Your coffee cup’s still by the sink, Like you’re just gone longer than I think. Sunlight hits the way it did When you’d smile before you’d speak. I swear I hear your footsteps slow, Down the hall I still don’t close. Every corner knows your name, Even time don’t feel the same. [Pre-Chorus – breath catches] I don’t reach out, I don’t call, I just stare at these walls. ‘Cause loving you still feels too real, Even when you’re not here. [Chorus – aching, romantic] I still see you smile in the dark, Like you never really fell apart. I still feel you when I breathe, Your presence laying next to me. If missing you’s a way to stay, Then I’m holding on this way. I still see you smile, my love, Even when it hurts this much. [Verse 2 – softer, heavier] Your jacket hangs behind the door, I never moved it like before. It smells like nights we couldn’t sleep, Promises we didn’t keep. I replay moments I should’ve saved, Every laugh I pushed away. If I knew that was goodbye, I would’ve stayed a little longer in your eyes. [Pre-Chorus – layered echo] I don’t ask for you to return, I just sit with what I learned. That love don’t fade when people go, It just gets quiet, moves in slow. [Chorus – fuller, echoing] I still see you smile in the dark, Like you never really fell apart. I still feel you when I breathe, Your presence laying next to me. If missing you’s a way to stay, Then I’m holding on this way. I still see you smile, my love, Even when it hurts this much. [Bridge – stripped, whispered] If you ever think of me, I hope it doesn’t hurt. I hope you laugh the way you did, Like you always came first. I’m learning how to let you live, While you live inside my chest. [Final Chorus – quiet release] I still see you smile sometimes, In passing cars, in city lights. I don’t chase you, I just stay With the love that never went away. If goodbye’s just learning how, To love you without you now… I still see you smile, my love, And I hold it like it’s enough. [Outro – finger-snaps fade + guitar tail] Mm… Still see you… Yeah…

Still See You Smile