[Intro – vinyl crackle + distant Juno pad] … Yeah… Still here… [Verse 1 – low, fragile] Rain taps time on the windowpane, Same two chords, same kind of pain. Your name drifts through the hum of the room, Like it never learned how to leave me alone. Phone lights up but it’s never you, Just ghosts dressed up as something new. I tell myself I’m getting by, But the silence keeps calling my lie. [Pre-Chorus – echo creeps in] I thought the hurt would learn to fade, But it just learned my name. Every night I swear I’m fine, Then I fall apart the same. [Chorus – aching, restrained] There’s static between us now, Every word I never said plays loud. I reach for you in empty space, Still feel your shape, still feel your face. If love’s a wound that heals with time, Why does it bleed every night? There’s static between us still, And I don’t know if it ever will. [Verse 2 – heavier, reflective] Your side of the bed stays cold, Like it knows I can’t let go. I replay moments frame by frame, Trying to find where I went wrong again. Your laugh lives inside old songs, Hits me deep when they come on. I don’t hate you, that’s the truth, I just hate what losing you did to me. [Pre-Chorus – softer, cracked] I don’t ask for you to stay, I just wish this hurt would change. Every memory pulls me under, Like I’m drowning slow in yesterday. [Chorus – fuller, echoing] There’s static between us now, Every word I never said plays loud. I reach for you in empty space, Still feel your shape, still feel your face. If love’s a wound that heals with time, Why does it bleed every night? There’s static between us still, And I don’t know if it ever will. [Bridge – stripped, almost spoken] If you’re sleeping next to someone new, I hope they’re gentle with you. I hope they hear the things I missed, And love you better than I did. I’m learning how to sit with loss, Like it’s part of who I am now. [Final Chorus – quiet collapse] There’s static between us now, But I still listen like you’re around. I don’t chase, I don’t beg, I just miss what we were then. If loving you’s the price I pay, I’ll pay it slow, I’ll stay awake. There’s static between us still… And it sounds like your name. [Outro – vinyl loop + pad fade] … Yeah… Still here…

Between Us