Never Forget, Never Forgive

[Verse 1]
You left your jacket
On the back of my chair
Coffee ring on the table
Like a stain that just stares
Half-read letter
Folded under my bed
Every crossed-out word
Still screaming in red
[Pre-Chorus]
I burned the photos
But the frames still bite
Tore down your posters
Walls glow at night
[Chorus]
Though I try to forgive
I know I’ll never forget
Every promise you twisted
Like a cigarette
Even when life goes on
It feels like it’s forever instead
I keep walking
Keep talking
With your ghost in my head
[Verse 2]
Your boots by the doorway
Dust on every lace
Friends say “you should be over it”
I hate their careful face
Changed my hair
My name
But the mail still comes
Little paper reminders
Of everything we’ve done
[Pre-Chorus]
I scrub the mirror
But your eyes look back
I move in circles
On a broken track
[Chorus]
Though I try to forgive
I know I’ll never forget
Every promise you twisted
Like a cigarette
Even when life goes on
It feels like it’s forever instead
I keep walking
Keep talking
With your ghost in my head
[Bridge]
You said “time will fix this”
I said “time is a thief”
Stealing days from my future
Feeding them to your teeth
I’m not praying for mercy
I’m not begging you back (nah)
I’m just carving my memory
Into steel
Into black (hey!)
[Chorus]
Though I try to forgive
I know I’ll never forget
Every promise you twisted
Like a cigarette
Even when life moves on
I’m still counting the debts
I keep living
Keep breathing
But I’m not your regret
Though I try to forgive
I know I’ll never forget

rock, Female vocals over gothic symphonic punk-rock: crunchy rhythm guitars, sharp violin lines, and ghostly ambient pads. Verses stay tense with palm-muted riffs and sparse piano stabs; chorus bursts into double-time drums, stacked harmonies, and soaring string lines. Bridge dips into half-time, heavy guitars and choir-like backing vocals, then slams back into a final cathartic chorus., violin, punk, metal, symphonic metal, ambient, gothic alternative