Head Full of Used-To-Be’s

[Verse 1]
You showed up with a baby and a broken past
Said the man before me couldn’t make it last
Rain on the porch and a suitcase in your hand
I just said “come in”
You said the boy didn’t have much
Just a blanket and a tiny truck
But he fell asleep in my arms that night
Like he’d always been mine

[Pre-Chorus]
Two shadows walking through my door
Turned into something so much more

[Chorus (Hook)]
You were my wife, he was my son
Two lost souls and a borrowed sun
I thought somehow we’d finally won
After all that running
Now the fire’s gone where love used to be
My heart is ash and my head’s full of used-to-be’s

[Verse 2]
Saturday mornings, cartoons and toast
Little bare feet running through the house like ghosts
You laughing in the kitchen light
Like the world was finally right
Funny what a heart holds on to
When the rest of life falls through
Tiny moments, quiet scenes
Turn into memories

[Pre-Chorus]
I never thought the day would come
When silence louder than a gun

[Chorus]
You were my wife, he was my son
You were the war I never won
Now every road I’m walking on
Leads back through the rubble
Now the fire’s gone where love used to be
My heart is ash and my head’s full of used-to-be’s

[Bridge]
Sometimes I still hope he’s okay
Wherever you both ran away
And that he laughs the way he did
Running circles round the bed
But it hurts to think
He might not remember my name

[music drops almost silent]

[Soft Line]
My heart is ash… and my head’s full of used-to-be’s…

[Final Chorus]
You were my wife, he was my son
You were the only home I’d known
Now I’m standing here alone
With ghosts in every room
Now every dream I try to keep
Turns into a memory
My heart is ash and my head’s full of used-to-be’s
Used-to laugh and used-to dream
Used-to think you needed me
My heart is ash and my head’s full of used-to-be’s

[Outro]
You were my wife…
He was my son…

Now they’re just used-to-be’s.

Emotional indie pop ballad, male vocal, piano intro, airy guitars, soft synths, slow build, haunting chorus hook.